SINGAPORE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 285, 2 December 1941, Page 5

SINGAPORE

r | great eastern base V |X'- • ——— ||| Fifth among world's ports tfeff "Singapore. Experiences and Im ■ / pressions" was the title of an address : -Riven ,at the Rotary Club lunch at . Milne and Choyce's Reception Hall - % ■ When the speaker was LieutenantiiColonel, H. A. Lord, 0.8. E., of the i" ! t<,.:fsalvation Army. MbP- Lieutenant-Colonel Lord said that brought a message of greetings | from the Singapore Rotary Club. He been there for the past six and •%-!*' kalf years, during which time _ there had been great development in X . that important link with the great fj|chain of British Dominions. Long "f,|- before that Singapore was a great . -Wbase, it was very valuable and im- : fcortant to the Empire, and was fifth among the world's great ports, ships tjlpoading there for every part of the Malaya was recognised for ' value of its exports, i defence in Singapore speaker said Malaya had a volun '%] * eer service comparable with the f:; tf New Zealand Territorial Service, and! '4, the volunteers gave up their time! * remuneration except when 1 . they went into camp. The people ofj I Malaya contributed over £1,000,000 ; ;■ f or aeroplane funds, and also made MM • a "ig contribution to patriotic funds, •i most of which was being spent out- : side Malaya. It had a mixed popula'mm "'J 1 of 600,000. The great base was. 'Wmh *« ne Piece of work, but was some-, i. tiling that was not talked about. It; c °uld be said, however, that it was ii Wonderful engineering work, with 1 every facility, and a whole fleet could' t , accommodated in the Strait of a Johore. •• iw v Lord said that -fWSj °y gh Singapore had a very Mm Population, the people were | Zfxy Joyai to the British Empire. Vis {Reparations had been made so that & Singapore could be ready for any-

thing that came, and in all sincerity he could say that Singapore stood prepared, .whether on the civilian or services side. They had had blackout practices with all the civilian defence agencies operating and instances had been staged to make everything as realistic as possible. After referring to the development of social services in the East, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord said that the call of the world was for unselfish service.