SINGAPORE BASE.
Air Station Essential To Empire Routes. £100,000 IN ESTIMATES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, March 12. In the House of Commons the Air Estimates were discussed in committee. Regarding the expenditure of £576 000 on an air station at Singapore, of which amount £100,000 is to be spent this year, Sir Samuel Hoare said that it was part of the general expenditure on the Singapore Base. The air side was a necessary side of the base and the provision they were making wa< on a moderate scale. There was n>, aerodrome at present suitable for anv air squadrons. The Air Force would serve a doublpurpose. It would not only be part of the naval base, capable of performing any air operations of the naval base if called upon, but also it would be an important air etation in the Far East. Even if there were no naval base at Singapore, an air base would be necessary as it was a cardinal point in our air communications.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 61, 13 March 1929, Page 7
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