SINGAPORE STRENGTH
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Greater Than Generally Thought - HUGE RESERVES OF OIL 1
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AUCKLAND, Last NigEt. "I discovered that the Singapore base is far more advanced than people in New Zealand have been informed," said Mr. Frank Milner, rector of the Waitaki Boys' High School, on his return from a lecturing tour of Australia. It was thought in well-informed circles in Australia, he said, that in nine months the Singapore base would be equipped to carry out the most extensive docking and repairs Tequired by the British Fleet. The air-base at Seletar, close to Singapore, had been pushed on at a tremendous pace, and the oil reserves, which were stored in 120 big tanks, amounted to millions of tons. "A very serious view is being taken by leaders of thought in Australia of the present situation in the East, ' ' said Mr. Milner, "and there is a feeling that it is not just a sporadic outburst but another instaloaent long premeditated by Japan to obtain panAsiatic domination. ' '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 198, 7 September 1937, Page 2
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