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renein'ber Buloraraanion* s old hou.se vhere the ’Tamil 
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lines now are ? That house was huilt for de Alvds hv 
Ridle^^ without consulting the P.T^.T), and he burned his 
fingers therehjr as he as asked why he v;aB doing 3CXXX 
housing which was a function of the 
The de Alwis family has furnished several artists. It 
■vva.s Just one member of the fa-mil^^ who came to Singapore 
but in • the collection of draw^ings is one of a fungus 
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wnother raeraber of t,}ae family whioh beats anything that 
the Singapjore de Alwis could do* 
7;e have been finding out why the faults of the 
Gamp are so evident - why it .turns its back on the sun 
and is so tucked up unnecessarily against the road. It 
begah as the gardener■s cottage of a house 300-400 yards 
away. Then it v;a<s sold, and the first buyer built a bit 
and the second buyer another bit. It is such a cold 
house. It takes an anthracite stove and an electric radiator 
combined to make ^.he dining room warm. The original 
cottage kitchen stove is still in the kitchen, and there 
are two other antiques in the heating line in the Bcullen^, 
V/e are learning things to avoid in our own house, 
?/ith our best salaaxas, 
Yours ever. 
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