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- ↑ International Tin Research and Development Council; Tin Research Institute (1955). "Tin and its uses (Issues 31-50)". Tin Research Institute: 8.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "No. 33785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1931. pp. 1–16.
- ↑ "Press Tribute To Mr. Victor Lowinger". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 10 January 1939. p. 6.