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SINGAPORE

system. The journey, at present, from Singapore to Bangkok can be made in three days, and from Penang in two days. The railway has also been constructed from a junction at Gemas, near the northern boundary of Johore, through the eastern State of Pahang, anda-ill eventually be extended through Kelantan to form another link with the Siamese railway system on the East Coast. The Singapore Railway was purchased in 1913 for £482,533 by the Federated Malay States Government from the Colonial Government in order to unify the British Malayan railway system under one management. A causeway across the Straits of Johore, carrying a double line of rails and a 26 ft. roadway, connects the Island with the mainland. The first train crossed over it on October 1st, 1923. The length of the causeway is 3,465 ft. There is a lock-170 ft. long and 32 ft. broad, widening inside the gates to 45 ft.-for small craft at the Johore end; otherwise, the causeway cuts off the site of the proposed naval base from sea communication from the West. The distance from Singapore to Calcutta by sea is just over 2,000 miles.

DIRECTORY

(For Government Departments see Straits Settlements section, pages 1179-7)

A.T.E. MASKATI, Merchant and Com- mission Agent-191, Cecil Street; Tel. Ad: Maskati. Head Office: Bombay. Branches: Bangkok, Pnompenh, Bat- tambang and Ahmedabad

E. M. Esmailjee, manager

ADAMSON, GILFILLAN & Co., LTD., Mer- chants - Hongkong Bank Building, Collyer Quay. Head Office: 2, Billiter Avenue, London, E.C. Branch Houses: Penang, Malacca and Kuala Lumpur

A. J. C. Hart, director (London)

R. W. A. Gilfillan, director (London)

do.

manager

do.

F. L. Tomlin,

do.

do.

H. A. Low,

do.

do.

J. Somerville,

do.

do.

D. K. Somerville, do.

do.

R. T. Peake,

W. A. Fell,

H. W. Moxon

R. H. Hodgson

C. E. Hudson

A. C. Gilbert T. A. Powell

D. Sturrock

E. C. H. Charlwood, do.

Agencies

J. S. Miller

E. C. Poyser J. Paterson J. A. Grant

J. S. Jackson

B. I. S. N. Co., Ld. (Apcar Line) Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ld. Asiatic Steam Navigation Co., Ld. Canadian Govt. Merchant Marine,

Ld., and B. I. Joint Service

Prince Line, Ld.

Furness (Far East), Ld.

Ld.

Canadian National Railways New Zealand Insurance Co., Ld. Yangtsze Insurance Association, China Fire Insurance Co., Ld. London Guarantee & Accident Co., Ld. Far Eastern Insurance Co., Ld. Marine Insurance Co., Ld.

ADELPHI HOTEL-1 and 2, Coleman Street; Telephs. 937 and 938; Tel. Ad: Adelphi

ADIS & EZEKIEL, Exchange and General Brokers-Teleph. 224; Tel. Ad: Adis; Code: A.B.C. 5th edn.

E. A. Brown, partner R. L. Hannah, do.

N. N. Adis,

do. (absent)

D. G. Macleod, assist., signs per pro. A. P. Goldman, do. do.

C. E. Stubbs, bookkeeper

ALDENS' SUCCESSORS (EASTERN), LTD.- 62 and 63, Robinson Road; Tel. Ad: Aldens; Codes: Broomhall's, Bentley's and A.B.C. 6th edn.

ALLEN & GLEDHILL, Advocates, Solicitors and Notaries Public-22A, Raffles Place (and at Malacca); Codes: A.B.C, 5th edn., Broomhall's and Bentley's

H. C. Cooke-Yarborough, partner Richard Page, B.A. (Oxon.), do. F. Salzmann, B.A. (Cantab.), do.

W. N. Bazeley

D. G. O. Jonas, M.A. (Oxon.)

ANGULLIA & Co., M. S. E., General Mer- chants and Commission Agents- 2, Robinson Road; Teleph. 1171; Tel. Ad: Angullia; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns. and Bentley's

ARBENZ, E.P.Z., H. R., Architect and Civil Engineer-6A, Malacca Street; Teleph. 71; Tel. Ad: Architect; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn. and Bentley's

ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST. GREGORY-(See

under Churches and Missions)