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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Gemmill's Lane". The Straits Budget. Singapore. 8 June 1937. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ↑ "Singapore In The 19th Century: When There Were Only Seventy-Five Europeans Here". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. Singapore. 6 February 1939. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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