A GIGANTIC TASK
THE SINGAPORE BASE WORK NEARS COMPLETION (EI«o. Tol, Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received November 1, 11 a.m.) SINGAPORE, Get. 31. At a cost of approximately £IO,OOO a day, the Singapore base nears completion. It occupies five miles of waterfront, going inland to the deepest- part. The panoramic beauty of the Johore straits is scarred where the tropical sunlight catches the mass of concrete. The' completion of the gigantic task, which to date lias involved the dredging of 5.000,000 cubic yards of granite, will mean that British interests in the Far Fast will be well nigh unassailable. Although faced with a serious outbreak of malaria, losing hundreds of coolies, and using mainly unskilled Asiatic labor, the engineers are well ahead of the schedule.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 1 November 1933, Page 7
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