SINGAPORE BASE
TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR FUEL, REPAIRS AND STORES (United Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, April 5. The Government hopes that the contract for the construction of the Singapore naval base will be completed in September, and the remaining works four years later, said the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Bolton Eyres-Mon-sell, in reply to a question asked in the House of Commons by Mr Louis Smith (Conservative* Sheffield). Singapore would be used as a fuelling, storing and repair base, continued the First Lord. There was no indication that they would permanently station a squadron there. The base was within the limits of the China command.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 151, 7 April 1933, Page 8
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