SINGAPORE DOCK
A REPORTED MOVE. .United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyngntj. LONDON, July 13. The belief is growing that the Government contemplates a drastic modification, or an abandonment of the Singapore dock scheme. j Commentators point out that the cancellation of tins work now would obviously involve a heavy waste of money, besides reducing industrial conditions in Singapore to something like chaos.
An expert view is that the! floating dock is useless without repair facilites ashore, and that to leave the base in its unfinished condition, without providing for adequate defences would he a grave military liability. The Daily Telegraph (Conservative) naval expert says that the abandonment of th'e base “will evoke intense indignation in Australia and New Zealand.”
He continues: “Tt goes without saying, moreover, that there will arise a delicate question of how to deal with the contributions in cash and in kind which Overseas. Governments have made towards the cost of the base, such as the Malay States’ two millions and New Zealand’s million, aiul Hong Kong’s quarter million. Part of his money has already been expended, or hypothecated.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1929, Page 5
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