Sheffield Leaves British Honduras
NEW YORK, Tue. (1 p.m.) The British cruiser Sheffield, with ViceAdmiral Sir William Tennant aboard, left British Honduras at dawn today after an 18 days’ stay.
It left to the Army maintenance of the colony’s defences against any possible invasion from Guatemala. Honduran officials are now waiting to see if Guatemala will reopen the frontier, as promised, on Sheffield’s departure. ' Addressing the Legislative Council only a few hours after Sheffield’s departure. the Governor of British Honduras (Sir Gerald Hawksworth) reit’erated the colony’s determination to “resist by force, if necessary, any foreign aggression.”
Defence preparations were completed, he said.
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Northern Advocate, 17 March 1948, Page 5
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