EMPIRE DEFENCE
STRAITS SETTLEMENT'S GIFT ACTION WARMLY WELCOMED BY BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, February 27. (Received February 28, at noon.) The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister), referring in the Mouse of Commons to the recent gift of 500,000d0l by the Straits Settleriients towards the cost of Imperial defence, reminded the House that this was the second full contribution made by the colony recently in addition to the annual payment of 4,000,OOOdol for this purpose. The thanks of His Majesty’s Government had already been expressed by the Governor, to the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlement, and he added that this generous gift was warmly welcomed, not only for its own sake, but as a striking indication of the goodwill and of the spirit of responsibility and cooperation in which the colony approached the problems of common interest to the Empire as a whole.
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Evening Star, Issue 21966, 28 February 1935, Page 11
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151EMPIRE DEFENCE Evening Star, Issue 21966, 28 February 1935, Page 11
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