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Willis' Singapore Guide was first published in April 1934, with its first edition going on sale for 40 cents a copy on 1 June. Its second edition was published in July and its third was published in
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The guide began with a brief historical prelude. It included information useful to the average visiting sailor, such as exchange rates, bank locations, the process of berthing, a listing of Indian money changers, a listing of hotels and recommendations for boarding houses. Additionally, the guide
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wrote that the 1937 edition "contains an astonishing amount of information about our city, so much indeed that it is likely to provide ship-board reading for several days after the tourist has left
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instead of using rental cars or taxis as taking the trolley buses were much cheaper. Included in the guidebook was a planned route for sightseeing. In another chapter, Willis described the local industries, as well as local inventions. This included the
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found the guide to be "genuine value for money and worth anyone's while to keep handy on desk or bookshelf." The reviewer also stated that the book "promises to become the standard guide on
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wrote: "I should say that it is just the sort of book that a tourist wants when he sets out to do sightseeing, and the only improvement that might be made is the provision of a much more detailed index."
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