SINGAPORE BASE.
GREAT STRATEGIC CENTRE,
COMMANDER MARSDEN'S VIEWS,
(BT CABLE—PBtSB ASSOCIATION—COPTBIOHT. (AUSTRALIAN AXD If.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.
SYDNEY, January 7
Commander Marsden, in an address to tho Millions Club, said what surprised him when ho arrived in Australia was to find that the people were still arguing- about the Singapore Base. All Britain sought there was to build a dry dock capable of holding the largest battleships and aeroplane carriers in. the fleet, Singapore was the strategic centre of tho world's sons. After blowing a full gale of condemnation against the Communists and all their doings, he added: "People think England is down and out, but you judge a man. by tho way he conies out for the next, round, and, believo me, England will never bo knocked out."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 15
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