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THE SERVICES

(By The Air Mail. Landon, August 21) ROYAL NAVY

"SPORTS CONTROL BOARD

appointed Senior Personnel Staf Officer of No: 24 (Training) Group. Halton. He has been on the per- sonnel staff of this group since its

Commander C. C. Hardy is relin-formation in July, 1936. qulaning the post of secretary of PROLONGATION OF SERVICE

the Sports Control Board. Ad- miralty, and Assistant Director of Physical Training and Sports He is going to China to command the escort vessel Falmouth." Com- mander N. V. Dickinson, D.SC. succeeds him at the Admiralty.

DESTROYER RELIEFS The Wild Swan, Lieutenant- Commander C. H. de B. Newby, is to be relleved by the Windsor, and the Whitshed. Lieutenant-Com- mander J. H. Swain by the Wor- cester, in

the Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla. The Windsor ..was last employed in the fith

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A new paragraph (611A) is being and Air Council Instructions to Inserted in the King's Regulations

provide that an airman who and abroad, and satisfactory in. medically At for service at home

both conduct and efficiency may prolong his engagement to com- plete a period of service exceeding 12 years but less than 24 years. Such prolongation may be for a perlod of regular service only ur for one comprising a term of re- gular service and a term of reserve service.

The term "extension" is to be Flotilla, Home Fleet, and the Wor-used, In relation to alterations of cester in the 3rd Flotilla. Mediter-airmen's engagements. when the ranean, but both have recently altered period of service to be been in reserve at Portsmouth.

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS The appointment of Mr. A. H. D. O Richard

as Admiralty Surgeon and Agent at Grimsby has been extended to include the districts of Immingham and Ki- ingholme, vice the late Mr. S. R. McDougall

The following appointments as clating minister to Methodists serving in the Royal Navy have been approved:-Dundrum and Newcastle, the Rev. J. A. Bouller: Moville, the Rev. A. H. Johnston Boyd: and Portrush, the Rev.

H. Macartney Clayton.

NEW ZEALAND RATING'S COMMISSION

Among the 12 acting petty off- cers who have been promoted to commissioned rank in the Royal Navy from September 1 is one fron the New Zealand Division. Petty Omcer Thomas Ian Harray. He 19 the first to gain a commission in this way from among those who have begun their service on the lower deck under the Dominion Government After serving ships on that station he came to England about 18 months ago for further training and has recently been serving In the battleship Ramilles in the Home Fleet.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:

PROMOTION

Cd. Ship.-G. A: Evans, to rank of Shipt. Lt. (seny. Aug. 5).

RETIREMENT

Lt.-Cdr.-L G. Addington. D.S.C.. with rank of Cdr. (Aug. 18).

NAVAL CADETS

PASSING-OUT LIST The Becretary of the Admiralty announces the following results of the mid-summer passing-out ex- amination cadets from the Royal Naval College. Dartmouth. Alpha Class

the

Class I time gained, Jour months).-R. G. P. Bulkeley, prizes.

Kink

Medal, Robert Roxburghe. Science Alpha). En- gineering (Open), Seamanship (Open); B. C. Moth. Mathematics (Alpha); J. M. Michell. History Alpha, English (Alpha); L. de

N. W Penn-Gaskell. M. P. Fitzgerald, A. K. Doods. Eardley-. Howard-Crockett bracketed with Macpherson) (Alpha); M. W., Dis- ney-Roebuck. Scripture (Open); A. R. Sabbe, R. J. G. Macpherson, French (Alpha), Eardley-Howard- Crockett (bracketed with Dodds) (Alpha). N. C. Glen, R. N. Bruce- Lockhart, P. R. C. Higham.

Division II

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Class I (time gained, months)-E. G. Egerton, C. B. H. Wake-Walker, D. Scott, History (Division 11).

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completed does not exceed 12 years: "prolongation" when it ex- ceeds 12 years but is less than 24 years; and "re-engagement" when

It is 24 years.

BIGGER ADMIRALTY

BONUSES

50,000 To Benefit

The rates of bonus payable to adult male workpeople in Ad- miralt establishments at home are to be increased. It is announced in Fleet Orders.

Outside Landoh the standard rate will be increased from 178. to 18s. 6d. un August 22 and to £1 on November 14. Seven-day men. 9d.. from 19s. 10d. to 239, 4d. Yard will benefit by two Increases of 1s.

craftmen will receive a total of 25. ild. extra, reaching 2ts. on November 14.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937.

| LONDON GAZETTE FLEET AIR ARM

FRIDAY, AUG. 20

ADMIRALTY, AUG. 16 AUGUST 11 F.N.

Lleuts, to be Lieut-Comdrs.:-B C. Howe, J. Spencer (Aug. 18).

R.N.R.

Lleut. . C. L Saul placed on Retd. List (July 27): Proby, Paymr. Sub-Lieut. C. E. Tarry to be Paymr. Sub-Lieut. (Feb. 19); ́Actg. Sub-Lieut. J. P. Somervaille to be Sub-Lleut. July 4); Ch. Skpr. E. S. Allatt placed on Retd. List with Sub-Lieut. O. R. Barr to be Lieut. rank of Skpr. Lieut. (July 28);

(March 1).

R.N.V.B.

Paymr. Sub-Lieut. R. M. Urle to be Paymr. Lieut. (July 281.

- AUGUST 18

R.N. Lieut.-Comdr. L. Addington. D.S.C.. placed on Retd. List with rank of Comdr. (Aug. 18).

WAR OFFICE, AUG. 20 REGULAR ARMY COMMANDS AND STAFF Col. M. A Studd, D.S.O., M.C..

h.p., to be A.A. and Q.M.G...1/e of Admin., Malaya, and is granted the local rank of Brig. While so empld. (Aug. 12).

RECENT

EXPERIMENTS

Spotting, Scouting, And Bombing

Future developments in aerial oversea tactics will be one of the most important of the tasks to be watched over by the new Assistant Chlef of the Naval Stan (Air), writes the Naval correspondent of "Manchester Guardian." It is ment of clear from the official announce- the appointment that Rear Admiral Cunningham is to devote his whole attention to the Naval Air Arm, and, while vital matters of organisation and supply (both of personnel and material) will absorb a great deal of his the Air Arm is a problem needing time, the tactical employment of the closest study. It is freely ad- mitted by both naval and air leaders that in this matter we are all still in the stage of learning

one-syllabic words. the alphabet. though some bright students are able to spell simple

The basic principles of tactics is the employment of the weapon within those principles that pro- R.H.G. Lt. Hon. M. E. Dillon

vides the problem. Here, then, we from 15th/19th. H.. to be Lt. (Aug.flux; the experiment of to-day must be prpared for a state of

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CAVALRY

ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS Capt. F. R. Booth is seed. for serv. on the Staff (July 26).

FOOT GUARDS

C. G'ds:-Lt. R. E. J. C. Coates is secd. for serv. under the Colonial Office (Aug. 6).

INFANTRY The

Queen's R-L. ET R. Jenyns is secd. while holding the appt. of A.D.C. to the Govr Madras (Aug. 3).

R. North'd Fus-Capt. B. Tarle-

which promises so well may be completely nullified to-morrow.

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A point cf outstanding interest at the stage at which we have ar- rived is the threefold employment which is given to certain types of machine such the Swordfish and Shark

designs. They are officially catalogued as "Torpedo- Spotter-Reconnaissance machines.": abbreviated. as is the service custom, to "T.S.R."

A DIFFICULT TASK

The TSRS are a comparatively

ton is restd. to the estabt. (Aug. 1).recent introduction, and, it is top HLL Capt. F. G. M. Grey re early yet to say that they will tires on ret, pay (Aug. 21).

Camerons-Capt. M. G. O. Hill is secd. for serv. ari Adit., TA. (Aug. 1).

In the London area th be similar bonus increasi August 23 and November 15, with the following effect:-Skilled men, -19s to 225. skilled mer (seven skilled and unskilled, 18. to 21s. retires on ret, pay (Aug. 19). day). 22s. 2d. to" 25s. 8:: semi-

Rifle Bde.-Capt. Y. G. Knollys semi-skilled and unskilled seven ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS day). 21s. to 24s. 6d.; yard craft- Capt. W F. Lane. M.B. to be men. 19s. 3d, to 22s. 2d.

Maj (prov.) (July 27), with pre- Workmen serving under agree-ceedence next above Maj. H. A. ment at naval establishments Ferguson, M.B. abroad will receive similar in- crease in their home yard bonus. The inclusive weekly rates of pay of the ratings of the cable ship Kilmun and of the Coronet and other boom defence vessels are to be increased by 1s. 9d, and is. 20, a week in the same way as for yard craft employees.

The decision affects about 50,000 men. They last received bonus increases less than twelve months ago, to the extent of about £400,- 000 a year. In 1931, when pay cuts were introduced, the standard weekly borius dropped from 145, to 125,

CHINA SQUADRON, DISPOSITION

AIR MINISTRY, AUG. 20

ROYAL AIR FORCE GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH The foll. Flying Officers are promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant on the dates stated:- R. J. F. Craig (July 6); W. M. Graham (Aug. 81.

The follg. Pilot Officers are pro- moted to the rank of Flying Officer on the dates stated:-E. C. Eaton, F. C. Hopcroft (July 13); V. A Pope. R. E. Xavier Mack (July 16).

INDIA OFFICE, AUG. 20 The King has approved the fol-" lowing Promotions, Appointments. Retirements, &c.:-

ROYAL INDIAN NAVY The follg. appts, are made:--- To be Sub-Lts. (July 24):-W. G. Coltham, G. 8. Kapoor.

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SCUTTLING THEORY

establish themselves manent type. Indeed, it is permis- as a per-

Įsible, оп the evidence 80 far

a threefold task can be carried out available, to doubt whether such

sarily limited by one machine, with its neces- missible to doubt..whether the crew. It is per-

human element can be trained to such a degree of versatility as is required.. The seaborie cruiser car- ries a torpedo Heutenant, a gun- inery lleutenant, a navigator, and usually a Staff College graduate service. Each of these has a wor- for operations and intelligence

"I am definitely of the opinion king star of petty officers and

that the holes in the second hold men for the mechanical work. In were deliberately made from the the T.S.R. there is a observer, and a spare hand to do giving expert evidence yesterday pilot, an inside," said Mr. T.H.G. Brayfield, all the work.

he Supreme Court before the 'Cief Justice, Sir Atholl McGregor, in the case in which the Hop Fat

Firm

SUPPORTED

Expert Evidence In Junk Case

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AEROPLANE'S POSSIBILITIES naval warfare are (1) scouting, (2) The functions of aircraft in

are suing the Canton In- artillery spotting (3) attacking surance Office for recovery of $9.- 600 in connection with some in-. by tomb, torpedo, or machine- gun; and their usefulness, as at sured goods alleged to have been

destroyed in present determined, 'is in that

a junk which sank while on order. Their potential usefulness'

voyage from Hong Kong to Macao. as scouts is unquestionable. Their

Mr. Leo d'Almada Jr., appeara range of action, for one thing for the plaintiffs and Mr. HLC, that the Admiral will Macnamara for the detence, who Mal. to be Lt.-Col.-C. W. Palin receive information about the pre-among other things allege

sence, course, speed, and disposi- the junk was scuttled. tion of an enemy force much Capta. to be Majs. (July 16).-V.

Mr. "Brayfield, who has been a Misselbrook, M.BE., S. T. Apcar. earlier than he could do from a

consulting engineer in Hong Kong Sir B. D. G. Bromhead, Bart., C. cruiser torce. With a combined

since 1909, said he examined the Wethelwel: Medway, Adventure, Norrish, B. B. Haynes, D. L. D. he ought to have his first reports He described several holes which H. Campbell, W. G. Gahan, W. Espeed of approach of forty knots

junk after it had been salvaged. Wescott, Duncan. Diana, Sand-Macadam. F. E Laughton. H. s.fve hours before contact is made.

The following is the disposition of' H.M. ships in North China:-

Shanghai: Danne. Falmouth

Grimsby.

Tsingtao: Eagle. Dainty.

wich.

Chinwangtao: Decoy. Tangku: Folkestone. Nanking: Capetown, Woosung: Defender. Lowestoft. Foochow: Delight.

INDIAN ARMY

M.C. (June 17),

Rawlins, G. Brown, P. W. Attride. A.M.I.M.E., W. J. Blake.

FROM SHANGHAI

ensures

that

The mechanical value of the

he found in the bulk of the vessel and gave it as his opinion that aeroplane can all too easily be cancelled by personal inefficiency ly made. He

some of these had been deliberate- in sending reports.

was also of the The spotter-reconnaissance air-fectly unseaworthy when

opinion that the vessel was per- he ex-' craft come into operation when contact between the two fleets

amined it. Even though allowance becomes imminent. On the subject had been submerged in the water was made for the fact that she Miss Esther Bloomfield, captain The following warships were in of the Shanghai Ladies Interport of spotting the fall of shell at sea for 44 days, he considered that,

Hockey team, together with her by observers in aeroplanes little is few people realise how frequently it happens at sea that visibility is far less than the range of the guns. Even on a cross-Channel passage,

Due at Weltiefwel: Cumberland,

WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR

port yesterday:--

North Arm: Suffolk..

North Wall: Duchess.

South Wall: Rover.

mother. Mrs. J. Bloomfield, and allowed to be known publicly. Soikeel, she must have been almost

sisters, Mrs. F. T. McKeown, and

Misses "D. and M. Bloomfield, East Wall: Odin. Otus, Pandora, arrived from Shanghal last week West Wall: Daring. Diamond, during

evacuation. Their.. Thracian.

the

apart from the damage to the in the same condition when she sank, and therefore, was worthy at that time.

Evidence was given by Mr. G.

unisea-

present address is c/a Mr. F. Joffe civilians can see five miles they Heywood, of the Royal Observatory Dock: Orpheus, Proteus, Pan- China Light and Power Station, think the sea is clear, whereas as to the state of the weather on

dora

FOREIGN MEN OF WÀR Chinese Customs Cruiser: Chun

Haing.

Talwan Road, Hok Un, Kowloon, or c/o Singer Sewing Machine Co, Pedder Building, Hong Kong.

Class II 1 time gained. months.-G. W. Swithinbank, Science (Division II (bracketed with Collingwood) (Division ID); P T. Collingwood, Mathematics (Division ), Science (Division II

bracketed with Swithinbank) (D-. vision. II); R. H. Bygott, P. Broug ham, R. B. Davidson, R. J. R. Cun- dall, English Division I; J. Z Marigold, T. W. Stocker, Navigation (Open); J. P. Camp, N. A. Bartlett, O, A. G.. Brooke, A. F. Davies, yel. Takbal, Kantang. French (Division II; D. F. Trench, H.M troopship, Elephanta, which J. R. Stephens.

sulled from Calcutta on August 24. Class III.-M. R. Gibson-Watt, A. with the 5/6 Battalion, Rajputana tnho H. I. Mackinnon, 8. M. Howard. C. Rifles on board, en route to Hong E. C. Dickins, J. R. Thompson, C. D. Kong. passed Singapore on August Graham, P. L. Meryon, M. J. R.31.

Blamese Training Ships: Tachin,

Maekioug.

Siamese Torpedo-boats: Klong- LATE MR. F. A DOS

REMEDIOS

two fleets seeking action might be the night the vessel was alleged eight miles apart and only dimly to have got caught in a sight units in the other line storm and sank. Mr. Heywood said violent through occasional gaps in the that from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. that baze.

night the weather in Hong Kong was calm and cloudless. At Macao that night the weather was fine with a north east wind running at between four and seven miles an hour.

The hearing was adjourned.

TORPEDO-BOMBING The tactics of the torpédo-bomb- ing attack have been seen, by thousands of civilians who visited The funeral of Mr. Ernesto Agos the dockyards during Navy Week. Dos (Necho) Remedios. Present-day anti-aircraft bat- whose death occurred at his re-teries can pour out an appalling sidence, No. 800 Nathan Road, at stream of high-explosive shell as. the age of 79 years, took place at a moving curtain in front af the not to mention the air disturbance the Roman Catholic Cemetery diving machines. One foreign kun, yesterday evening.

for example, can fire 250 shells a The Very Rev. Father. G. M.minute. each weighing 21d-that Spada offelated and among those is to say, in the few seconds that The Chairman of the Shanghal present at the graveside were Dr. It takes to dive from 10.000 feet PERSONNEL STAFF OFFICER Refugees Committee acknowledges A. M. Rodrigues, Dr. C. E. da Roza, to the 100 feet at which the bomb has revolutionised naval tactics:

Dr. C. X. da Roza, Messrs. J. Bap

Pearce.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE

DONATIONS

In succession to Group Captain with thanks the receipt of the sum W. D. Budgen, OBE, who has of $25 in aid of the Refugees Wel- tista, A. V. Barros, J. M. Remedios, taken command of the R.A.F. De-fare fund from Messrs. Alistair J. M. Graca, J. M. d'Eca and many pôt at Uxbridge, Squadron Leader | Drummond, D. Scott and G. Gothers. A. H. Stradling, O.B.E., has been

There were no flowers by request.

more,

caused by more than a hundred successive explosions of the shells. Therein we may see one cogent reason for checking a too hasty tendency to belleve that air attack;

is dropped, or the 50 feet at which All experience of armament, since the forpedo can be launched, one the day gunpowder was invented, gun alone will have sprayed a goes to show that for every ad- quarter of a ton of metal; frage2 vance in the offensive there is a ments in the path of the machine, counter in the defence.

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