In 1910, Singapore opened Anderson Bridge, celebrated its medical school’s first graduates and organised the Scout movement. The government tightened its control of opium while campaigners worked to discourage smoking. Municipal services came under investigation, rubber investment stimulated new market plans, and an agricultural exhibition filled Beach Road. Schools, associations and public entertainments reveal another side of the year alongside official ceremonies and commercial disputes.
Anderson Bridge and the movement through town
Governor Sir John Anderson formally opened Anderson Bridge on 12 March. Its superstructure came from Howarth Erskine, while the Westminster Construction Company built the abutments. Steelwork was fabricated in Britain and shipped to Singapore; municipal workshops in River Valley Road supplied railings, castings, rainwater channels and other components. The commemorative plaque used red granite from Aswan in Egypt. Source: National Library Board, Anderson Bridge
Tramway connections had been advancing before the formal opening. By 20 January, rails across the new bridge and their connections with the Johnston's Pier and High Street lines were reported almost complete. Poles and wires still had to be supplied for electric power. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-20
On 31 March, the Cleveland arrived with about seven hundred American tourists, travelling from Batavia towards Rangoon. The newspaper remarked on their use of Anderson Bridge, contrasting the day's traffic with that seen since its recent opening. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-31
On 31 March, earth loosened from a hillside washed across the track near the Keppel Harbour terminus. Workers were sent to clear the obstruction, and traffic resumed later. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-01
A tramcar derailed in Tanjong Pagar Road on 20 April and obstructed traffic until it could be replaced on the rails. The tramway company was then raising its track near the Boustead Institute in preparation for the road itself to be raised. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-21
Motorcars shared the streets with horse-drawn vehicles. On the morning of 10 January, Seah Liang Seah was driving his car when it collided with an empty private gharry outside the Official Assignee's office. Several passengers, including a woman, were in the car. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-10
For the St Andrew's Ball, police issued directions separating approaching traffic. Vehicles from the Tanglin side were to come through St Andrew's Road and High Street; those approaching from the south were directed across Anderson Bridge. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-28
Water, sanitation and infectious disease
On 13 January, the Straits Times called for an explanation of a reported failure of new filters. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-13
The Cavenagh Road filters came before the Municipal Commissioners at their meeting on 18 March. The report of the meeting identified the filter question as a principal item, with president E. G. Broadrick, engineer R. Peirce and secretary J. Polglase present. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-19
At a special meeting on 29 April, the commissioners decided that work on the Cavenagh Road filters should proceed. The next day's newspaper coupled its meeting report with an editorial attacking the choice of site. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-30
Water regulation also reached individual properties. Four Chinese owners in Telok Ayer were summoned on 10 March over failure to comply with notices requiring their wells to be closed. The municipal sanitary department was represented by Mr Perkins and the owners by G. S. Carver. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-10
A resident's June complaint directed attention to conservancy in Emerald Hill Road. Writing to the newspaper, the correspondent described offensive conditions in part of the road and asked municipal sanitary inspectors to attend to them. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-20
New refuse-disposal machinery was under construction at Havelock Road. Consulting engineer J. A. Lee, who had come from England at the beginning of the year for the erection of the refuse destructor, left for Penang in August to meet visiting Rangoon municipal commissioners. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-13
Sewage disposal was also discussed outside municipal meetings. On 27 September, the Chinese Christian Association debated a proposed drainage and sewage scheme. A resolution was proposed favouring immediate municipal action. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-30
The obligation to report infectious disease brought nine Bengali tramcar drivers before the police court in September. Chief sanitary inspector Mayhew prosecuted them for failing to report a case of smallpox discovered during house-to-house inspection. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-10
Further prosecutions in October concerned breaches of infectious-disease notification rules. One defendant, a rickshaw peon named Hassin, was charged with exposing himself in public while suffering from smallpox. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-14
The mortality return for the week ending 1 October recorded 259 deaths in Singapore. Among the causes listed were 39 deaths attributed to malarial fever, 34 to phthisis and 31 to beriberi. These are the registrar's figures for one week, not annual totals, and retain the diagnostic categories used in the contemporary return. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-07
The Singapore Nursing Association held its annual meeting in the Municipal Board Room on 31 March, with Lady Evelyn Young presiding. Members adopted the report and passed the accounts. The working account showed a favourable balance of $1,802.52, and the meeting dealt with changes among the association's officeholders. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-31
Municipal attention extended to milk production. The meeting of 5 August discussed Dr Glennie's proposed visit to dairy farms in Denmark. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-06
At the next reported meeting on 26 August, the municipality considered efforts to stop the sale of buffalo milk. Broadrick presided, with Tan Kheam Hock, Cheng Keng Lee and other commissioners present. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-27
During September, the commissioners resisted further cuts to the proposed isolation hospital. The president moved that the government be informed of their unanimous view that its accommodation should not be reduced again. Source: Straits Echo, 1910-09-23
Municipal inquiry, discipline and representation
Allegations against sanitary staff were already reaching the courts before the inquiry report appeared. In February, municipal sanitary inspector C. H. Rose was arrested on three allegations of extortion involving a pair of vases, a coffee mill and a hanging lamp. The report named three Chinese complainants. At that point, the allegations were charges awaiting examination, not established convictions. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-02-28
On 23 September, the Straits Times published the commission’s report on municipal administration in the Straits Settlements. Its headings emphasised corruption, condemnation of leading officials and proposals for administrative reform. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-23
Broadrick's answer followed through the same legislative channel. At the council meeting of 7 October, his observations on the report were tabled. The document had been addressed to the Colonial Secretary and dated 23 September. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-08
The Municipal Commissioners dealt with disciplinary consequences on 9 December. The contemporary report described censures and fines for officials, and Broadrick tabled a draft reply to the Colonial Secretary addressing specified portions of the inquiry report. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-10
Municipal authority could also be impersonated. On 9 December, former municipal employee Ahmat Effendi received three months' imprisonment after being convicted of posing as a building inspector. The case concerned his visit to a Chinese householder and condemnation of cubicles in the house. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-09
Elected representation continued during the controversy. Tan Kheam Hock, recently elected for Central Ward, was honoured at a dinner at the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Club on Ann Siang Hill on 28 May. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-30
On 14 December, ballots were held at the Municipal Offices for representatives of Tanjong Pagar and Rochore wards. Dr Murray Robertson and Chia Keng Chin were declared elected. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-15
In December, F. J. Hallifax of Penang was reported selected to replace E. G. Broadrick as president of Singapore's Municipal Commission. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-15
Meanwhile, commissioners were preparing expenditure for 1911. At a special committee meeting on 9 November, votes were passed for another motorcar, asphalting paths on the Esplanade and rearranging municipal offices. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-10
Fire prevention and fire-brigade work
On 19 March, the senior magistrate heard further evidence for the defence in a case brought by the fire brigade's superintendent. A firm was accused of storing more petroleum than its licence permitted. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-19
In July, the Straits Times reported on drill competitions for the Singapore Fire Brigade, headed by superintendent W. Pett. It presented the competitions as a way to maintain the brigade's readiness during a period when the town had experienced few serious fires. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-02
An alarm for an outbreak in Cecil Street interrupted the brigade's midday meal on 10 November. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-11
The finals of the brigade's monthly drill competitions took place on 30 December in the Central Station drill yard. A substantial gathering of spectators watched the afternoon proceedings, which the newspaper described as a demonstration of the firemen's training. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-31
Government opium control and the campaign against smoking
The first court business of the new year included charges of importing opium other than government opium. A report on 3 January placed these prosecutions among the opening cases of 1910. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-03
J. A. Howard, formerly superintendent of the Tanjong Pagar Dock police, appeared in the courts to prosecute offences against the government monopoly. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-04
The financial business of the outgoing system still had to be closed. A January notice asked for claims against the outgoing opium and liquor farms, and money due to them, to be submitted before the end of the month. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-05
On 11 January, the newspaper reported Howard's discovery of three hundred tahils of chandu at a residence in Sago Street. The occupant was arrested on a possession charge, and the report valued the prepared opium at $990. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-11
A preventive-service party led by Sergeant Mussell boarded the Hong Wan I after its arrival from China on 2 March. Probing the coal bunkers, the officers found six hundred tahils of prepared opium in two packages. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-03
A larger seizure followed aboard the Hong Moh in May. The newspaper reported contraband valued at $12,000 discovered in the engine room and credited Howard and his officers with the operation. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-12
On 10 March, Theodore Taylor asked what progress had been made in Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements. Under-Secretary Colonel Seely replied that the Straits government was putting itself in a position to exercise substantial control over the traffic. Governors were to include measures, and their effects on consumption, in annual reports. Seely's statement that the last opium divans had closed on 28 February referred specifically to Hong Kong. He did not announce an equivalent closure of Singapore's smoking establishments. Source: Hansard, 10 March 1910
Singapore's Anti-Opium Society used performance as a means of persuasion. By 4 March, its members had given four nights of free entertainments at the Smith Street theatre, chiefly presenting stories about opium and its harms. They intended to take the amateur performances elsewhere once they were more polished. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-04
The campaign also reached the Theatre Royal. On 10 June, a crowded audience watched the Star Opera Company's play The Life of an Opium Smoker, also described as Anti-Opium Reform. Tan Jiak Kim and Dr Lim Boon Keng were among its patrons. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-11
On 29 October, the Anti-Opium Society and Singapore Christian churches met before a large Chinese audience in the Chin Bu Sien Sia hall. They discussed how to bring the Indo-Chinese opium traffic to an early end. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-01
The Anti-Opium Society also assisted the family of its late secretary, Lam Hang Wei. A Singapore dispatch of 1 December reported that the society had voted $1,000 to his widow and children. Source: The Straits Echo, 1910-12-02
Rubber investment and plans for a local exchange
United Singapore Rubber Estates held its first statutory general meeting on 3 January at its registered office, 10 Boat Quay. Tan Chay Yan chaired the gathering, with Tan Jiak Kim among those present. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-04
By April, the newspaper described enthusiasm for rubber shares as a conspicuous feature of Singapore life. Its report headed Singapore's Stock Exchange discussed the local development of the rubber boom. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-08
At an extraordinary general meeting on 30 April, shareholders of the Singapore Rubber Company considered a reconstruction scheme involving founders' rights. The meeting took place in the offices of Evatt and Company, with A. Diehn presiding. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-02
On 1 July, the newspaper reported an application for a warrant against A. B. Cooke, a municipal water-supply clerk, in connection with dealings in shares. The account described alarm in municipal and broking circles. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-01
A more regular local market was under consideration by November. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce appointed a subcommittee to examine the establishment of a rubber exchange, using Colombo's tea exchange as a comparison. The newspaper welcomed the inquiry after having urged action for more than a year. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-11
Later that month, a report identified premises for the intended exchange: the building at the corner of Telegraph Street formerly occupied by Fraser and Neave. Its proposed opening date was 1 January 1911. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-29
The New Singapore Rubber Company held its statutory meeting on 3 December. It had been established in July to reconstruct the Singapore Rubber Company, and its meeting considered a proposed amalgamation with the St Helena Company. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-05
Singapore investors also had to compare quotations from different markets. A published comparison explained that some shares of local interest did not appear in Singapore's ordinary lists, and that quotations here could differ appreciably from those in London. It distinguished the London Stock Exchange and Mincing Lane from the Singapore market in its comparative list. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-02
The agricultural exhibition at Beach Road
Preparations for the Agri-Horticultural Show began early. A public meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on 12 January discussed the exhibition to be held in Singapore in August and chose a Beach Road site. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-13
Rubber quality formed part of the planned competition. The Johore Planters' Association offered a cup valued at $500 for the best sample of commercial rubber packed and ready for shipment. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-11
Tan Jiak Kim, Tan Jiak Choo and Tan Jiak Hoe offered another cup, worth $300, for a collection of scrap, sheet and crepe rubber ready for shipment. The entry required samples of each form. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-21
By late June, the Beach Road reclamation was being prepared physically for the exhibition. The framework of temporary buildings was rising and much of the ground had been marked out. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-29
The flowers, fruit and vegetables division attracted more than 950 entries, described by its honorary secretary as a record. The announcement also anticipated collections from Perak. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-13
Sir John Anderson formally opened the seventh joint annual Agri-Horticultural Show at eleven on the morning of 17 August. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-17
Large numbers visited on the opening afternoon, with the Beach Road grounds especially crowded by mid-afternoon. Exhibits included H. A. Crane's enlarged photograph of a sunrise at Tanjong Katong. John Little and Company also announced a demonstration of a disc plough and cultivator on the adjoining circus ground, to be conducted by an Australian expert. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-18
A. W. Prautch, who had been responsible for the Philippine exhibit, spoke about the Philippines before a large audience at the Memorial Hall on 9 September. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-10
Medical training and the work of schools
The Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School produced its first diploma holders in 1910. Seven students qualified in May, followed by six more in December. The first group included Chen Su Lan, Edwin Williborod deCruz and John Gnanapragasam from Singapore, alongside students from Penang, Seremban and Ipoh. They received the Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery after the school's five-year course. Source: Cheah, Ho and Ng, The First Graduates in 1910
The school was also recruiting a new intake. In January, its entrance-examination syllabus appeared in the Government Gazette, with examinations scheduled for 14 and 15 February. The papers were described as comparable in difficulty to the Cambridge Junior Local examination. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-10
For the session beginning on 1 March, at least ten scholarships were announced. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-02-28
Eighteen new students entered the medical school's full course during 1910, including two women. Four entered as fee-paying students, thirteen held scholarships, and one joined as a Federated Malay States student assistant surgeon with a scholarship. Three fee-paying entrants were admitted on condition that they passed the compulsory preliminary examination in February 1911. Source: Straits Settlements Medical Report 1910, Appendix J
Sir John Anderson presented prizes at the medical school on 31 May. The ceremony took place in the school grounds before a gathering that included the Bishop of Singapore. The newspaper's report also highlighted the governor's appeal to rubber planters for assistance to the school. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-01
At the Anglo-Chinese School, former pupil Ong Tek Lim endowed a permanent scholarship for a student in the seventh standard. The announcement identified him as a retiring municipal commissioner with a continuing interest in education. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-03
The Singapore Chinese Girls' School held its annual prize distribution on 4 February at the corner of Coleman and Hill streets. Miss Anderson distributed the awards, and parents and friends attended. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-02-05
St Joseph's Institution held its prize distribution the following day. Heavy rain did not prevent a substantial attendance, which included the governor and Miss Anderson. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-02-07
The Methodist Anglo-Tamil School was preparing to move in April. Previously housed in a Serangoon Road shophouse, it was to transfer in the following week to the Training School's quarters on the same road. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-01
On 16 June, hundreds of boys from about fifteen Singapore vernacular schools gathered on the Raffles Institution recreation ground for athletic sports. Elcum and Hellier arranged the meeting. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-17
Scouts, first aid and organised recreation
The Singapore Scout Association dates the local movement's inauguration to 2 July 1910 and identifies Frank Cooper Sands, a scoutmaster from Britain, with the establishment of the first troop. Source: Singapore Scout Association, Our Story
A meeting at Raffles Institution on Saturday, 2 July, considered a scheme to organise scouting more systematically. It stated that scouting had already existed casually in Singapore. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-05
By the end of July, Scouts were appearing in public and on the playing field. Several joined the Volunteers' church parade at St Andrew's Cathedral on 31 July. The previous afternoon, a Scout eleven captained by Mr Pierrepont played St Joseph's at the Raffles school ground. St Joseph's won by twenty-one runs. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-01
Organising troops also required money. In September, the Singapore Boy Scouts Association appealed urgently for subscriptions to equip four troops. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-20
First-aid instruction offered another form of organised youth training. Ten boys were examined at the YMCA on 17 March under the St John Ambulance Association's programme. All satisfied honorary examiner Dr R. D. Keith in First Aid to the Injured. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-21
Malay football drew a large audience to the Beach Road reclamation on 28 May for the Tramway Cup final. The contestants represented Tanjong Pagar and Kampong Glam. The report described the crowd as chiefly Malay. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-30
Women competed at the Singapore Rifle Association's meeting at Balestier. An event held on 7 April was reserved for women and required shooting at two distances. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-08
The association's tenth annual prize meeting ended on 9 April, after beginning on Good Friday. Miss Anderson distributed the prizes on the range. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-11
Shipping policy and the harbour economy
The Legislative Council gave the shipping-ring bill its first reading on 19 August. The measure addressed arrangements under which shipping companies acted together over freight. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-08-20
The Straits Settlements Association's London branch held a special meeting on 10 August to consider the proposed Freights and Steamship Bill. Its resolution expressed deep concern at the measure. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-03
Amendments continued at the Legislative Council meeting of 30 September. Sir John Anderson presided while the Freight and Steamship Bill returned for further consideration. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-01
The bill passed its third reading on 14 October by twelve votes to one. The newspaper identified C. W. Darbishire's final protest and reported the Attorney-General moving the third reading. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-15
In November, a report credited the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board with raising the dredger Kuantan, which had sunk off Kuantan about eight weeks earlier and rolled onto its side. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-11
Another salvage operation brought damaged shipping back towards Singapore. On 21 January, the dock board's tug Varuna returned from Sumpat Bay towing the Amherst. The Amherst had itself got into difficulty while trying to assist the stranded Oscar II. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-21
Ship-repair prices were a local commercial concern. A July article compared a Tanjong Pagar quotation with work done at Hong Kong for less than half the price. The newspaper framed the matter as a question of running repair yards competitively. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-16
Royal mourning and a medical memorial
News of Edward VII's death brought public mourning and preparations for a new monarch's proclamation. On 9 May, the official parade on the Esplanade was announced for 5.15 that afternoon, correcting an earlier time. The previous day's services at St Andrew's Cathedral, the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian church had referred to the king's death. At the Presbyterian church, the Dead March from Saul was played after the evening service. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-09
The proclamation ceremony took place on 9 May. The following day's account described the public reading on the Esplanade under the heading The King's Accession. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-10
Community organisations made their own formal expressions of sympathy. Leading members of the Ceylon Tamil community met at the Methodist Girls' School in Short Street on 12 May, with A. Annamalai in the chair. They gathered to convey condolences to the royal family. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-13
On 13 May, a large meeting of Muslim British subjects took place at Victoria Memorial Hall. Those present passed a resolution expressing to the governor their sense of the loss sustained by the empire. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-14
On 20 May, business in Singapore largely stopped for the day of mourning, and a memorial service was held at St Andrew's Cathedral. The next day's newspaper also recorded condolences from the Jewish community and a gathering of nearly a hundred Sinhalese residents chaired by B. P. de Silva. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-05-21
In December, public commemoration turned towards education. A meeting at Victoria Memorial Hall on 6 December, chaired by T. S. Baker, approved a proposal for public subscriptions benefiting the medical school as a memorial to Edward VII. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-07
The form of the proposed memorial had been outlined before the public meeting. A Singapore dispatch dated 1 December described an endowment for a professorship at the medical school, with lectureships and scholarships also possible. Source: The Straits Echo, 1910-12-02
Theatres, music and the public audience
The Victoria Theatre's programme included Somerset Maugham's comedy Mrs Dot. The Bandmann No. 1 Comedy Company performed it on 1 February, receiving an enthusiastic review the following day. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-02-02
The Bandmann Opera Company ended another season on 11 March with a repeat performance of The Dollar Princess at Victoria Theatre. The newspaper reported a crowded house and said the repetition had been requested by audiences. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-12
Bandmann performers returned later in the year. The Dairymaids was presented on 19 October before another crowded audience despite unfavourable weather. The review described it as the company's fourth appearance of the visit. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-20
Wayang Kassim also received overseas visitors. In April, Japanese consul E. Suzuki conveyed the thanks of officers from the cruiser Ikoma to proprietor Kassim for their hospitality at the wayang. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-04-08
The Singapore Philharmonic Society opened its twentieth season with a concert at the Teutonia Club on 21 June. The programme was mainly orchestral, with songs between instrumental works, and the hall was comfortably filled. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-22
The announced orchestral programme included Offenbach's barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann, a transcription of Rachmaninoff's Prelude and the introduction to the third act of Lohengrin. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-18
A further Philharmonic concert at the Teutonia Club on 5 December drew an audience including the governor and officers of the visiting Dutch cruiser De Ruyter. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-06
The society also acquired new wind instruments. A December notice recorded the arrival, aboard a P. and O. steamer, of instruments presented by former postmaster-general Noel Trotter and Mrs Trotter. Members were to be able to inspect them shortly. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-12
Cinema brought moving images of the royal funeral to Singapore after the local mourning ceremonies. The Alhambra introduced a programme on 29 June featuring a series of films of Edward VII's funeral procession. The review treated the sequence as its principal attraction. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-06-30
In November, E. E. Steele, a seaside resident of Tanjong Katong, complained about persistent gramophone playing nearby. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-11-01
Raffles Library announced another group of books for issue on 7 July. The list included Alice and Claude Askew's The Road of Justice, Frank Barrett's Perfidious Lydia and Percy James Brebner's A Gentleman of Virginia. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-06
Children had concerts arranged specifically for them. The last Children's Concert of the 1910 season was advertised for Victoria Memorial Hall on 2 December. Its programme included Mozart's Don Giovanni overture, a gavotte by Paul Lincke and a waltz by Félix Godin. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-02
Community institutions, charity and public instruction
A new Roman Catholic church in Tank Road was formally opened on the morning of 11 September before a large congregation. Bishop Barillon took part in the ceremony. The contemporary report identified the church's intended congregation as Cantonese and Hakka Catholics, using the older spelling Keh for the latter community. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-09-12
The Tiang Ho Kok Association held its annual general meeting at Fairydale on 3 January. Ong Beng Guat was elected president and Lim Hong Huat vice-president, while See Kim Kow became honorary secretary. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-04
The Darul Adab Club elected officers at its premises on 7 January. The published appointments were for the first half of the year. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-01-10
The Indian Christian Association met at Wesley Church in Fort Canning Road on 4 July to elect its officers for the year. Rickard became president. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-05
The Women's Christian Temperance Union brought supporters to the Methodist Episcopal Girls' School on 6 October. The Reverend W. Runciman presided, and Miss Blackmore explained the union's aims. The programme also included recitations. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-07
The Chinese Girls' School connected with the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society thanked supporters for successful sales held on 24 and 25 June. Its July notice acknowledged the people who had helped and contributed. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-07-02
The annual convent bazaar began at Cairn Hill on 2 December under Mrs Janion's direction. Organisers then announced that it would continue at St Joseph's Villa, 215 North Bridge Road. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-12-05
The YMCA announced a free public lecture on water by Dr W. Gilmore Ellis, with experiments, for 23 March in the lower Victoria Memorial Hall. United States consul-general J. T. Du Bois was to preside. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-19
On 30 March, Tisdall of the British and Foreign Bible Society gave an illustrated account of his travels through Persia at Victoria Theatre. The body of the theatre was comfortably filled. Tisdall was the society's agent for Malaya and the Philippines. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-03-31
The Singapore Literary and Social Guild announced a lecture by municipal analyst Harrington on food adulteration and its detection. It was to take place at the Presbyterian church on 10 October and include illustrative experiments. Source: The Straits Times, 1910-10-07
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