SINGAPORE DOCK
PASSAGE THROUGH SUEZ THREATENED BLOCKAGE OF OANAL GREAT EXCITEMENT [United Preu Aeioclatlnn—By CableCopyright.) tAaetrallaa and N.Z. Preu Aten.) (Received 6, 1.40 p.m.) London, Aug. 5. Great excitement prevailed at Port Said on Saturday night when, owing to a strong breeze, the first section of the Singapore Dock swung across the mouth of the canal, threatening to block it. For half an hour the dock drifted broadside on and threatened to wreck itself, but a Dutch tug astern managed to push the dock back to a straight course and save the canal. The dock has begun the passage of the canal. The transport of the dock from the Tyne' to Singapore will cost £200.000. including £lO,OOO for canal dues.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 199, 6 August 1928, Page 5
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