SINGAPORE BASE
AN. OPENING CEREMONY. . United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received this day at 11 a.m.) SINGAPORE, August 14. At the opening of the floating dock at the naval base in the presence of a large and representative gathering, Governor Clifford said he had not been consulted as to the future of the base, and had some doubt as to whether the ceremony was a christening or a funeral. He did not think it probable, however, that a final decision would be reached in this momentous subject without the rulers of Malay States being consulted, and consideration being given to the fact that they had contributed two million sterling;
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1929, Page 5
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109SINGAPORE BASE Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1929, Page 5
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