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ROYAL NAVY

Rear-Admiral Ramsay

CRUISERS FOR A NAVAL TALKS

BRITAIN

AGREEMENT

"Scrap And Build" | Three Plans To Be

Policy

London, Jan. 8, Rear-Admiral Robert Bertram Ramsay, who has retired on pro-

London, Jan, 17. motion to dag rank 20 the 1st

A minimum of 70 cruisers will, issued on January 1, has had over understand we provided for in the 3 years service and wa, in com- | British navai renovation pro- mand of submarines during the gate, which is to cover about

Since 1934 he hus beenive years. Chlef of Staf at the Nore to Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedle.

War,

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Examined

London, Jan, 17. The first effect of Japan's with drawal has been to speed up the Naval Conference

After a few hours discussion. the four rebiaining Powers reached complete agreement in principle as to the desirability of exchanging technical information essential preliminary to any schonie of aval

control.

Britials,

At the meeting the French and Italian pladi, for in- stituting such a method of exchange will be examined. It is confidently expected that the best features of all three plans will be embodied in

definite pact.

The programme will be designed b. «bring the Navy up to full Rear-Admiral Ramsay specializ Treaty strength in modern tonnage ed in submarine duties in 1905, in all ship categories, plus an extra block of cruiser tonnage over the year he became a lieutenant. and above the total authorised by When the War broke out be was the London Treaty. This Treaty employed on a term of "genera expires at the end of this year. serv.ce as a watchkeeper in the The Treaty figure was based on in the cruker Natal, but returned

British establishment of 50 to command submat.mes from cruisers, but that figure

Wag con- July, 1915. The Natal, it will be tingent on a big reduction in Against the must be set the fact

Since all recalled, was destroyed by an in-foreign cruiser fleets.

that little hope now remains of ternal explosion in harbour at foreign navies have largely increas achieving any form of quantitativy confer. limitation at the present December 30, 1915. va their cruiser forers, the Admiral- Cromarty.on Rear Admiral Ramsay was pro ty can no longer regard 50 ships as moted to captain in 1924, while adequate for power safety.

The British programme is, command of the 2nd Submarine

learn, rather on the lines of a Flottia, Atlantic Fleet. He com-serap and build" "achome, since manded the crußer Viad ctive in it will involve the scrapping of China from February, 1927, and Lumerous old cruisers, destroyers, two years later was appointed etc., an wall as the construction of Vice-President of the Chemical many new ones. Warfare Committee. He Was Naval Attaché in Rome in 1931- 34.

HMS. GLOWWORM

MINISTER AND SEANCE.

London, Jan-14

A report of a seance in Holland at which Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith was stated to be stilj on an island near Sumatra, has been for Fwarded by Sir Hubert Montgomery, British Minister & The Hague, to the Foreign Office.

The new destroyer Glowworm. will be commissioned fox her ac- ceptance trial and for service on January 14. with a Portsmouth crew. under the command o Lieutenant Commander R. Jessel, recently commanding, the Vanoc in the 20th Fiotifla, Home Feet. The Glowworm, bullt by Messis. Thornycroft at Southamp ton, is the first to be completed of the eight destroyers of the 1933 construction programme Her keel was fald on August 15. 1934, and she was launched on July 22, 1935. From keel-laying to commissioning the period is 17 months, or a month less than the usual minimum perfod in recent years. A sister ship, the Grafton, has also been bullt at Southamp ton and should be ready for com- missioning within the next few weeks.

The statement originated from n Dutch woman, claiming that Sir Kingsford-Smith's fate had been revealed in a seance at her house.

À message, it was stated, was received from Captain Beekman, the pilot of the Dutch Flying Hotel, which crashed in the desert in December, 1831.

CORAL REEFS

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Captain Beekmans spirit was alleged to have said that Bir Charles Kingsford-Smith was still on the island, where there are coral reets, and that he could be found by anyone flying over Ben- Fulen (Sumatra) sad searching on s certain line.

FAR EAST LECTURE Admiral Sir William Goodenough,

The report has been conveyed to Dominions OCB. M.V.O., wil preside at a the Air "Ministry and lecture to be given at 3 pm this Office. afternoon at the Royal United Bervice Institution, Whitehall, on The Situation in the Far East." Members of the Institution may

Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Mr. J. T. Pethyridge disappeared on November 7 during an attemp to make a record fight from Eng land to Australia

introduce two friends (ladies or 3 long and wide search was made gentlemen either personally GT by presentation of visiting card,

to this lecture.

SOUTH AMERICAN CRUISE HMS, York, Captain H. P. Boxer, fagship of Vice-Adiniral the Hon. Sir Matthew Best, has left Bermuda for Balboa, and for the next three months wil pro- bably cruise to South American ports. The cruisers normally on this part of the station the Exeter and Ajax, are temporarily detached for service in the Eastern Mediterranean.

for them, in which R.A.F. Mir planes joined, but they were nut seen again.

RUNAWAY TRAIN CRASHES

Diverted To Platform.

London, Jan 14, A runaway freight train of forty- two loaded wagons raced down at incline a file and a quarter. 1g outside Manchester Victoria Station to-day.

A signalman realised the train

ADMIRALTY SURGEONS . The following appointments as Admiralty Surgeon and Agent are officially notified:-Mr. J. M. was out of control. He had to Stuart, fozd: Mr. A. 8. Addison, make up his mind in a second MC Harrow; Mr. J.A. Edward, whether to let the train race on to possible disaster on the main Barking. Mr. J.R Buchanan, Watford,

Vincent Howell: line or to divert it to a platform, Bournemouth and Mr. P. Grimling. Sheffield.

WHO

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SERVICE IN SUBMARINES.

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A passenger train was waiting at platform dumber fourteen. Ita ergine had not arrived.

The signalman decided that the

Ratings serving in submarines coaches were probably empty and

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on completing time, for pension damage would be done." Will be allowed to finish a current The traing crashed, Pour people period of service in submarines wilting in the passenger train

rallwaymen were under the existing regulations. and five These ratings will, then, normally be, required to revert, to general service for the remainder of their engagement.

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The Rev. JEL Kingion has been WARRANT BANK CANDIDATES appointed onesting minister to The following have been selected Methodist, Baptist, and Congrege to undergo the qualifying cruisetinal personnel of the Royal Navy for warrant telegraphist, at the at Simonstown, "vice" the Rev. H

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and W. Alder. Victory (Horses). Alexandria for Poros (Jan. 8), 20- chaled or

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Grimsby arrived Macassar (Jam!

Lowestoft arrived Labuan (Jan.

The Rev, P. J. MacSwiney of 86. O'ympus shd Rover left Penang Swithun's Waverley Road South-for Port Awettenham (Jan. 6).5). sea, has been appointed officiating Otus. Odin, Pereus, Duncan, and minister to Roman Catholic per Daring left Penang or s'ngaporë sonnel at the RM Barracks, (Jan 6), en dan moede

Welington lett Auckland (Jan. Eastaney, "vice the late Canon ♬ O'Leary.

ence. Even before Japan withdrew both France and Italy had made it olear that they could not accept any Exed tonnage limit.

On the other band, Great Britain and the United States are already in sight of an informal under- standing to the future strength of their respective Beets. As gards & reduction the tonnage and gan armament of future war- ships the outlook, is hopeful, though the American delegation is still holding out for large battleships and cruisera.

I learn definitely that when thar] four Powers come to an agreement un one or other of these questions, lermany and Russia, and possibly ther nava! Powers, will at once be nvited to sign the resulting treaty Whether Japan will become a signa- | tory uncertain.

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