SINGAPORE EXPENDITURE
STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. British Wireless. ■ Rugby, Dee. IS. In the House of Commons Mr. G. C. Ammon, under-secretary to the Admiralty, stated that the amounts contributed by Hong Kong, the Federated Malay States and New Zealand towards the expenditure on the base at Singapore were £.250,000, £1,200,000, and £250,000, respectively. Of the total of £1,700,000, £1,294.000 had been appropriated by the Admiralty in relief of expenditure fall-’ ing on the navy votes. The balance of £406,000 had been credited to the Army and’Air Force votes in relief of expenditure falling on those votes.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1929, Page 11
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