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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMB

NAVY RECRUITS

937.

JURISTS TO

A MINEFIELD FORCE STUDY LEAGUE

Anthony has be

iralty to enrol personnel in Nawy for special duties relat ing to the preparation and main- tenance of controlled minefields writes Hector Bywater.

REFORM

Geneva Saturday.

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"OF DIRECTORS.

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Agencies and

The committee for study of re- A certain number of ratings al form of the League of Nations to ready serving will be employed in day appointed a sub-committee of this work, but the new force will, I jurists charged with investigating learn, be augmented by entering the question of separation of the naval pensioners and possibly, League Covenant from the Ver number of new recruits. The force sailles Peace Treaty and of even- will serve both in the home waters tually drawing up a resolution on Bater and on foreign stations.

this subject for the League Assem- bly.

The organisation of this special The committee also discussed ist branch apparently indicates & development of the system of pro- tecting the approaches to nava bases and other important har bours by controlled minefields

Canton.

Baishons Hambara

Harbin

the Chilean proposal for “univer- salisation" of the League, the proposal being that nations out Hong Kong side the League be consulted in Foreign Exchange- and General Banking League reforma..

Comment Annocuola, opened “and” Find Opposition was expressed by themed for.com.yout

which will be qume Soviet and Spanish delegates, to which the Chilean delegate re-cre plied.--Trans-Ocean.

C.N.A.C. DENIAL

Nanking, Saturday.

kemons, which may be assetsband at szy of its

RW. ROBERTS,

Manager. Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935.

Devices Perfected

Whereas the ordinary mine is "blind," in that it detonates auto- matically only if and when it is struck by a passing vessel, the con- trolled mine is exploded by electric current from a shore station. Thanks to certain devices the con- trol system is so perfect that no enemy ship passing over a con- trolled minefield, even in darkness A responsible official of the Authorised Capital or fog, could possibly escape China National Aviation Corpora- Paid-up Capital ........ destruction.

tion, when asked by a foreign cor Reserve and Undivided Minefields of this type were laid respondent to confirm or deny the

Profits. off British bases during the war. allegation made by a Japanese The most dramatic

success they spokesman that the company's scored was the destruction of a planes had been transporting German submarine which attempt bombs to Shanghai, branded the ed to penetrate the defences of statement as a lie. Central News. Scapa Flow a fortnight before the Armistice.

This boat, the UB116, arrived off Scapa Flow after dusk on October 28, 1918. Her commanding officer, hoped to get into the anchorage, and torpedo one or more battle- ships of the Grand Fleet, but her presence was detected.

In the darkened minefield obser- vation station a tiny spot of light travelled slowly over the chart,

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vation officer pressed his firing key, en Safe Deposit Boxes for and the UB116 and her crew ceased

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