OIL TANKS AS TARGET.
ALTERATION AT SINGAPORE? (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, February 24. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, explained that the oil fuel tanks at Singapore were above the ground. Asked whether an air raid would not destroy the tanks and paralyse shipping, he replied that the Government was considering the question of underground storage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 7
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