BASE AT MALTA
RETENTION INTENDED
LONDON RUMOUR DENIED
BRITISH FLEET DEPOT
MINISTER'S ASSURANCE
(British Official Wireless.)
Reed. 1.15 p.m. RUGBY, June 17. Invited in ihe Hdttse of Commons at question time to-day to make a statement regarding the future of the British ftaval base, at Malta, Sir Samuel Hoare, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said ! •'] am glad of the opportunity tif contradict ingi rnmoitrs. which have received some publicity, that Malta is to be abandoned as a naval base. The Board of tlie Admiralty has fio intention of discontinuing to use Malta as (he principal naval base in Hie Mediterranean, and the headquarters of the Mediterranean fleet.". To a- supplementary question as to the security of the base,'Sir Samuel replied: "I would never say I was fully satisfied with any defence position, but I would state categorically that as wo have no intention whatever of evacuating .Malta, we shall certainly take every practicable means to make its defence adequate to meet any possible attnc;k.''
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19044, 18 June 1936, Page 6
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