SINGAPORE BASE
FLOATING DOCK OPENED. FUTURE UNCERTAIN. GOVERNOR HAS HIS DOUBTS. j. I Tilled Preso Associaiirm —By JSlecuic telegraph > iXipynght.) (Australian Press Association./ Received 11.25 a.m., to-day. SINGAPORE, August 14. At the opening of the floating dock at the naval base here, in the presence of a large and representative gathering. the Governor, Sir Hugh Clifford, said that he had not been consulted as to the future of the base, and had some doubt as to whether the ceremony was a christening or a funeral. He did not think it probable, however, that final decision would he reached in this momentous subject without the rulers of the Malay States being consulted, and with consideration being given to the fact that they had con--tribated two million sterling.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 15 August 1929, Page 9
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