Information About
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.
Additional Details
- Title
- Willis's Singapore guide
- Subject
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- Singapore--Guidebooks
- Singapore--Description and travel
- Publisher
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- A.C. Willis, 1936
- National Library Board Singapore, 1936
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 22773 KB, 260 p.
- Table of Contents
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- 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.
- Edition
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- Rev. ed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2006.