Passage of Suez Canal to Come Next Port Said, July 20, The first section of the Singapore Dock has arrived ahead of the scheduled time. Tt will await the arrival of the second section, which expected on Tuesday, before commencing to psy through the Sue Aug. 1.
The second section of the Singapore Floating Dock has arrived Reuter.
Materials 1 be British rousout London, Aug. 1.
In reply to questions in the House of Commons to-day regarding the contracts for the Singapore Base, Mr. W. C. Bridgman, the First Lord of the Admiralty, satd that the materials used must be from britain or from the British Empire, but no restrictions had been im posed regarding the source of sup the contractors' plan pointed out that in regard to labour it would be impracticable, connection with such contracts the Far Fast, to limit the eontracfor to the employment of British workmen, but all the Asiatic labour employed, a large proportion would probably be Indian, would be subject to the Labour Or-dinarices obtaining in the Straits question Mr. possibility st rect in Rritain for the ce thought iting labour et would be very doublful—Keuter,
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