SINGAPORE BASE
OPENING OF NEW DOCK CHRISTENING OR FUNERAL? (Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received August 15, noon). SINGAPORE, August 14. At the opening of the floating dock ut the naval base in the presence of a large and representative gathering, the Governor, Sir Hugh Clifford, said 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 a final decision would be reached in this momentous subject Without the rulers of the Malay States being consulted, and consideration being given to the fact that they had contributed £2,000,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17030, 15 August 1929, Page 7
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