Miles of mangrove swamps and poisonous black mud must be cleared and dredged, the second) article in the "Daily Telegraph" on the Singapore Base, before its four-mile frontage on a'deep water se wall can thereafter be erected in-fide the present ill-defined shore.
The dock will be 1,000 fect long and will be constructed to accommo. date the largest battleship afloat} or four cruisers simultaneously, It will probably be ten years. before the whole construction is finished.
Local rubber planters complain that the Government is spoiling the labour market by overpaying Tamil and Chinese workers.—Reuter.
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