The expenditure on the Naval Base at Singapore was the sub-Jeet of a question in the House of Commons to-day.
Mr. Kenneth' Lindsay, Civit Lord' of the Adm replying to Mr. W. J. Thorne, Labour mem= ber for the Plaistow Division of West Hom, said that, up to the fend of October 31, £5,113,800 had been expended, under the Navy votes, on the construction and equipment of the Naval Base, and that £3,579,200 remained to be spent, These figures. he added, did not Include £071,000, the cost of the oating dock.—Reuter. together with our trapper Lao Yen, who would be carrying a heavy load to throw off suspicion while ready at any moment to grasp the revolver which was hidden in his person, AS we could not devise a better signal for action, 1 carried a piece of straw my mouth, which 1 would drop the ripe moment. As soon as the straw dropped from my—mouth, Quentin and I would cover the tw> ven with our rifles while Lao Yen relieved them of their arms and hand grenades, Our plan was carried out 50 smoothly and $0 quickly that the soldiers were disarmed before they knew what it was all about; more over, we had gotten so close to them that' they could not use the hand grenades without injuring selves. We commanded them to re- National Health Department has sent turn the stolen articles to us, after which we returned their rifles minus the belts which we kept together with the hand grenades, Government Troops at Chung-ssu The excitement was evidently tao}: much for Lao Yen. for he fainted! near the top of the pass and had to be carried across. "At Chung-gu we sent a man ahead with our cards so that the Central Government Woops on guard would not mistake ug for Reds, We arrived safely in Tachienlu to find that the American authorities kad ordered all the American citizens evacuate, At present, however, Tachiewlu is comparatively safe though the situation at Yachow is serious. The Communists have vitacked Wahtzekow and Luding. chow several times snd each time: were repulsed. They are a couregecus crowd though! In spite of ati the bombing and all the defeats they have suffered, they managed to reach Lingchee, which 1s on the other side of Ludingchow, thereby threatening one retreat.
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