Military Portion Under Review:
Estimate Expenditure London, December 6.
Replying to questions in the! House of Commons to-day Commander Douglas King, Financial Secretary to the War Office, said that the military portion of the Singapore Base Scheme was under review, as the result of a technical examination of the spot, and he was at present unable to estimate the expenditure.
Commander the Hop. J. M. Kenworthy (Labour) requested an estimate of the expenditare falling to other votes than the Admiralty.
'The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon, Winston Churchill, repeated that the' cost to the Admiralty was £7,750,000. He was unable to estimate the cost of other votes, which were continuously under review. "The cost at any stage," Mr, Churchill declared, "cannot be accurately foreseen, There have been several final estimates which, however, are being subjected toa Dee. 8, 'A further section of the Singapore dock has been, launched at Wallsend. The remaining two sec-ven in which the dock be built are being launched in few days. The sections will then be tested and joined into two main parts for tow to Singapore—Reuter,
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