SINGAPORE BASE
SCHEME CONSIDERED DEAD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 16. The Council of the League of Nations Union has dropped its resolution against incurring expenditure meanwhile on the Singapore naval base. Dr Gilbert Murray, who presided, remarked that it was > clear that the Singapore policy was .—Reuter. SUNDAY OBSERVER’S VIEWS. CONSULTATION WITH DOMINIONS NECESSARY. LONDON, December 16. The Sunday Observer’s political correspondent, while describing Labour’s representations regarding the disposal of Anglo-Persian oil shares as justifiable, declares the Singapore scheme to be quite different. This was undertaken after full discussion by Parliament and the Imperial Conference. Therefore, it cannot be dropped except after consultation with or at least proper intimation to the Australian and New Zealand Governments.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19047, 18 December 1923, Page 7
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