Willis's Singapore guide

This guide book gives a brief description of Sir Stamford Raffles, background information on the history of Singapore and general information about banks, hotels, transportation, postal and other services. It highlights some of the tourist attractions such as the Botanical Gardens, the Singapore Zoo and the Great World and New World Amusement Parks, what and where to shop and eat. There is also mention of places of interest in Johore and Malacca and tours to pineapple and rubber plantations. Illustrated with maps and photographs.

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Title

Willis's Singapore guide

Subject

Singapore--Guidebooks
Singapore--Description and travel
Places of interest

Publisher

A.C. Willis, 1936

Digital Description

application/pdf, 22773 KB, 260 p.

Table of Contents

Sir Stamford Raffles (Founder of Singapore)
General information: banks, baggage, hotels, boarding houses
General: where to obtain meals, yellow topped taxis, touring cars, shopping, Johore, Botanical Gardens, The Gap, miscellaneous places of interest
Consulates & tourist agencies
Malayan Post Office guide
Telegrams
Malayan air mails 1936
Church services
Mount Emily Swimming Pool
Amusements
Singapore's Petticoat Lane
Industries
Singapore (to-day and yesterday)
Raffles Place
Trolley bus tour
F.M.S. railways
Traffic in Singapore
Botanical Gardens
The Singapore Zoo
Johore Bahru
Ujontana (Malacca)
Rattans and canes
To a pineapple plantation
The Sati Club
Rubber plantations
General information for the tourist, passenger and seafarer at a glance, extracts from the whole guide.

All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2006.

 

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