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橋烏 塘葉芋 公伯大曹鵝 厘峇新 巷厘馬 尾寨番 後庫土 邊園花庫土

(i) 'Black Bridge.' (ii) 'Taro Pond.' (ii) this name is also given to Delta Road (ii) there are fields planted with this vegetable in the Balestier Road neighbourhood. (iii) 'Rochore Temple.' (i) 'New Bali.' (ii) 'Bali Lane.' (i) New Bali, to distinguish the lane from Shaikh Madaesah Lane or 'Old Bali' adjoining.) End of the foreign brothels. ('Foreign' here means 'frequented by non-Chinese.' There is nothing but a roundabout way of expressing this Street in Hokkien; cf. Spring Street.) (i) 'Behind the godowns.' (ii) 'Beside the garden (near the) godowns. (There is no definite name. A Chinaman would undoubtedly have to go into further detail to distinguish Battery Road from adjoining Streets).