 ... as contractors they constructed nearly all the Government buildings, most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when Europeans feared to take the risk ; they were the traders and shopkeepers,...  The Quarterly Review - Page 397edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham - Federated Malay States - 1906 - 468 pages
...constructed nearly all the Government buildings, most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when...their countrymen when the one great need was labour to develop the hidden riches of an almost unknown and jungle-covered country, and it is their work,... | |
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...constructed nearly all the Government buildings, most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when...communication between the ports of the colony and the pprts of the Malay States. They introduced tens of thousands of their countrymen when the one great... | |
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...constructed nearly all the Government buildings, most of the roads and bridge.', railways, and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when...they were the traders and shopkeepers; . . . and it is their work, the taxation of the luxuries they consume and of the pleasures they enjoy, which has... | |
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...constructed nearly all the government buildings, most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when...their countrymen when the one great need was labour to develop the hidden riches of an almost unknown and jungle-covered country, and it is their work,... | |
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...constructed nearly all the government buildings, most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the country when...their countrymen when the one great need was labour to develop the hidden riches of an almost unknown and jungle-covered country, and it is their work,... | |
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...the construction of roads and other public works, and to pay all the other costs of administration... They brought all the capital into the country when Europeans feared to take the risk... They introduced tens of thousands of their countrymen when the one great need was labour to develop the... | |
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...most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks. They brought all the capital into the conntry when Europeans- feared to take the risk ; they were...opened regular communication between the ports of the Malay States. They introduced tens of thousands of their countrymen when the one great need was labor... | |
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