SINGAPORE DEFENCES
A STATE OF PREPAREDNESS By lelegrapn —Press ‘yssociatioo WELLINGTON. July 2’. There is a very evident state of pre- ' paredness at Singapore and also no- ' ticeablc activity in strengthening the ! defences at Java and in the Dutch ; East Indies generally, according to (Mr C. W. Rickard, a director of the Odlin Timber and Hardware Company, who has just returned from a JO-week s’ ‘our of the Far East. t-T_ and his wife were in Sing pore when a practice Hack-out took place.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21403, 21 July 1939, Page 14
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84SINGAPORE DEFENCES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21403, 21 July 1939, Page 14
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