Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 255William Blackwood, 1944 |
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Page 140
... Singapore . We reached Singapore next mornin and were billeted in St Patrick's Scho in Siglap , two miles east of the Civ Airport and about five miles from th centre of the town . I had not been in Singapore for tw and a half years ...
... Singapore . We reached Singapore next mornin and were billeted in St Patrick's Scho in Siglap , two miles east of the Civ Airport and about five miles from th centre of the town . I had not been in Singapore for tw and a half years ...
Page 141
... Singapore were magnificent it up to the end . Singapore was a town of contrasts . pop transports full of men clattered rough villages with native children Dying ball outside the houses . Heavy l - dozers rumbled past suburban dens ...
... Singapore were magnificent it up to the end . Singapore was a town of contrasts . pop transports full of men clattered rough villages with native children Dying ball outside the houses . Heavy l - dozers rumbled past suburban dens ...
Page 142
... Singapore Cricket Club . One landed on the cricket field and another just outside the billiard - room , smashing in the window and part of the wall and writing off several cars in the car park . Another landed right in the middle of the ...
... Singapore Cricket Club . One landed on the cricket field and another just outside the billiard - room , smashing in the window and part of the wall and writing off several cars in the car park . Another landed right in the middle of the ...
Contents
NOT LONG BUT HOW LONG SINCE BY J K STANFORD 206 | 9 |
SIAMESE DUSK BY F KINGDON WARD 309 | 145 |
A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE KHYBER PASS BY MAUD DIVER | 157 |
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