CHRISTENING OR FUNERAL?
SINGAPORE DOCK OPENED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Singapore, August 14. Opening the floating dock at 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 without consideration being given to the fact that they had contributed £-2,000,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1929, Page 7
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102CHRISTENING OR FUNERAL? Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1929, Page 7
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