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116 x 123 mm. Showing a row of four storey apartment block at Perls Hill, with a water supply pipeline in the foreground. The caption on the reverse reads '(see Feature Set Intro. No. 1064). New housing estates demand essential services. This 30-inch pipeline is the main water supply carrying water from Johore to a new housing estate at Perls Hill'.

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The caption continues 'Strict health regulations ensure that food sold in hawker centres like this are hygienic and wholesome'.

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Copies of a letter written by Kemp describing his role in suppressing the mutiny and the draft of an official report, accompanied by correspondence with Hugh Bryson. Kemp was given the task of creating a narrative of events for the War Office and the draft report collates private and official sources available at the time (60 sheets).

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273 x 215 mm. Showing sailing boats lined up for the start of a race, with a paddle steamer in the background. The race is starting just off Johnston's Pier, where crowds of spectators can be seen, with the premises of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the background. At the right is the Post Office.

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84 x 131 mm. Showing a postman with his bag, holding letters in each hand.

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137 x 77 mm. A general view of the course, with a race in progress. The first races were held in Singapore in 1843.

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94 x 68 mm. A snapshot taken from the Boat Quay looking down river towards the sea with sampans moored in the foreground.

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265 x 206 mm. A view looking north-west towards Fort Canning with a small section of the Singapore River, busy with boats, in the foreground. The photograph appears to have been taken from the Elgin Bridge.

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239 x 190 mm. A view looking up the Singapore River towards the Elgin Bridge and Fort Canning.

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256 x 209 mm. A view looking along the Singapore River towards the Anderson Bridge, with boats beached on the river bed in the foreground.

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149 x 90 mm. Showing a wooden landing stage on the Singapore River, with small boats in the foreground.

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150 x 89 mm. Showing an unidentified street in Singapore, with a bullock cart in the foreground.

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149 x 90 mm. Showing a busy street in Singapore, with the river in the foreground. Probably taken in the Boat Quay area of the city.

Scope and Contents 287 x 236 mm. A group portrait of members of the club. Identified figures are (l. to r.) Back row: Charles SALTER (Straits Trading); E.C. WINTER (Asiatic Petroleum Co.); E.H. BOWERMAN (Eastern Extension Cable Co.); J.R. STRACHAN (Straits Trading); J.W. JONES (Straits Trading); Middle Row: H.L. HOPKIN (Straits Times); W.T. HOUGHTON (Lewis and Peat); ?H.R.W. HOBB (Tramway Co.); O.L. BORNEMAN (Eastern Agencies); Front row: W.C. HILL (Ho Hong Oil Mills); N.J. SEABROOK (South British...

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153 x 203 mm. At the opening ceremony, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, welcomed the delegates from Singapore. (Left to right) John Hare, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs and David Marshall, Chief Minister of Singapore.

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155 x 202 mm. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, the Deputy Chief Minister, talks with Mr. Lim Yew Hock.

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155 x 202 mm. Watched by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, the chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, shakes hands with Britain’s Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lennox-Boyd.

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152 x 116 mm. View of the exterior of the school, with girls playing rounders in the foreground.

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[No print]. Missing.

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[No print]. Missing.

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148 x 90 mm. Showing a traffic policeman on duty on a chequered stand at a traffic intersection.

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205 x 157 mm. Aerial view of the University complex.

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208 x 158 mm. A view looking along the waterfront and across the city, with the Singapore River in the left background.

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190 x 243 mm. Showing lighters loaded with cargo on the river in the foreground, with the Boat Quay beyond.

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Owing to its multi-racial nature, Singapore has a diverse culture influenced by its three major ethnic groups - the Chinese, Malays and Indians. Schoolchildren have a choice of learning music and dance as part of their extra-curricular activities.