IMPERIAL DEFENCE
Straits Settlements Make a Generous Donation HALF MILLION DOLLARS SPIRIT OP RESPONSIBILITY (British Official Wireless.) Received 2.30 p.m. to-day. RUGBY, Feb. 27. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir Cunliffe Lister, referring in the House of Commons to the recent gift of half a million dollars by the ■Straits Settlements 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 paj - ment” of four million dollars for this purpose. The thanks of His Majesty’s Government had already been expressed by the Governor to the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, and he added that, this generous gift was warmly welcomed as a striking indication of goodwill and of the spirit of responsibility and co-operation in which the colony approached problems of common interest to the Empire as a whole.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 28 February 1935, Page 6
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148IMPERIAL DEFENCE Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 28 February 1935, Page 6
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