Questions in ianent as to In the House of Commons to-day, replying to Mr, R. Labour member for Be ton, Mr. A. V, Alexander, mentary Secretary to the lof Trade, on behalf of Mr.
Amman, Parliamentary "See to the Admiralty, stated that the ate Govermaent "had bought no Iand from the Bukit-Serabawang Rubber Company with the object of establishing the Naval Have at Singapore, ay the land required for the Base wax acquired by the Gove ernment of the Straits, With regard to Mr. Spence's forther questions ax to the price paid per acre, the number of acres now leased to the Bukit-Sembawang Ca. the date and terms of the Tease and the rental, and whether the Iand Ieased was fully cultivated for rubber production, the Government had no information in rome to what transactions had passed in the Colony in that connexion.—Reuter.
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