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SERVICES

ROYAL NAVY

THE RETURN OF "H.M.S. ENTERPRISE

The programme for the return home of HMS. Enterprise, Captain E Murgan, D.S.O., has been modified. The Enterprise arrived at Baila on March 3 with Sir Harold MacMichael, the new High Commissioner in Palestine.

She was due at Malta ort March 8. Gibraltar on March 11. and Portsmouth on March 16, our days later than the original date. The Enterprise is to be employed on a trooping voyare to China, on which she will leave about Apru 20. Her place in the East Indies Squadron will be taken by new cruiser Manchester.

King's

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THE ARMY

SOLDIER IN TROUBLE

AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE KING

SAD END TO A The war Office announces that

LORRY RIDE the King has approved the ap-

Private Alexander Mackenzie, 21, Pointment of Lieutenant-Colonel

honorary Colonel) C. G. Smith of the 1st Battalion Seaforth High- Contingent, anders appeared before Mr. Q. A 0.B.E., V.D., Poona Auxiliary Fore (India), as Aide-

alatracy yesterday, on charges of de-Camp to his Majesty (addition-A. Macfadyen at the Kewloon Ma- all. in succession to Lieutenant-

driving a motor vehicle without a Colonel (honorary Colonel H. Mcense and driving motor lorry No.

P. Hewett, General List, Auxillary Force (India), who has resigned his commission.

TERRITORIAL ARMY Major C. H. Mather has been the 93rd selected to command

Lancashire) East

Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, in succession: to Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet Colonel J. F. M. Robinson, M.C., T.D., whose

along Yu Chau Street on the night 510 without the owner's permission

of March 20.

Sergeant, Rogers prosecuted. The defendant pleaded guilty on the first charge but stated in evidence hat he held a "driver's license in England.

On the second charge he denied that the driver did not perrelt him. to drive the truck and said that on Sunday night, he was the escort for the lorry. He asked the driver's permission to take over the wheel | which he did.

KING'S HARBOUR MASTER Commander R. L. Moore took up duty on March 5 as Deputy Super-tere expired on Marca"1.

CHANGES AT THE WAR OFFICE intendent and

Harbour

Certain changes have been made Master at Sheerness Dockyard, in

in the Department of the Director- succession. to Commander R..

General of Munitions Production,

At the junction of Castle Peak Ramsbotham. whose three-year

and there are now directors for Road and Yu Chau Street the de- term has expired, mander Moore

Ordnance, Mechanization, Ord-fendant, it was alleged. In order | returned recently from the com

nance Services, Contracts, Fac-ro, arold a bus coming from Yu mand of the gunboat Cockchafer

*ories, Planning. Scleritifc Rehau Street, ran into the wall of in China

search. Organization. and Artillery. the Precious Bloed Church, damag- The Progress directorate has ing the front, mudguards and the been abolished, and the senior off-radiator of the lorry.

NAVAL HISTORY EXAMINATION

The subject-matter of the essay for the annual examination of lleutenants. R.N.. in naval history for 1938 will be the conditions of service and life afloat in the latter half of the eighteenth century circa 1740-1805). This examination is open to lieutenants of not more than Ave years' seniority on De cember 1 of the year in which they compete. The prizes offered are, first, £50 and a medal; second £30; third, 20. Essays should not exceed 10.000 words, and must reach the Admiralty before the end jot Décember. Coples, of ""Hints to Competitors" may be obtained from the Director of the Education Department.

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cers of the directorate have been The owners of the lorry. Uniteu transferred to a new central sec-Delivery Company, stated that they tion under the Director-Geneal.

were willing to accept $50, as They include Lieutenant-Colonelį damages. The defendant was fine! A w A. Harker. RA.O.C, as As-$10 and ordered to pay $50 for sistant Director of Munitions Pro-amends. duction; Majors W. Crawford. R.A.. F. Pocock, M.C., R.A., and P. M. B. Hammond, RA, as

DADS.M.P. RECRUITING. RECORD and Captains A. T. Edgington, R.A.. and D. A. Hunt, OBE., R.A., 39 Staff Captains. Colonel C. M. Simpson. M.C., R.E.. has, become an Assistant Director of Meenant

zation

NEW SCHOOLS FOR BOYS The scope of the scheme for training boys as craftsmen and artlacers for the mechanized Army is to be extended. At present there is one boys' technical school. at Brackley, near Chepstow, which trains 1,000 boys as Army trades-

men.

HOME FLEET Fourteen days' leave at Easter will, as in past years, be given to ships' companies in the Home Fleet The first parties will be away from April 5 to 20 and the second The school is to take an in- parties from April 20 to May 5. creased number of boys and the The Fleet is due to return to its premises will be, rebuilt for the home ports on March 30 and

purpose, Further, each of the 31 from the spring cruise to the commands will have a school to Mediterranean.

assist in the wążkof providing the large number. cf technicians how The minesweeper Leda, millding required for the Army. Arborfield at Devonport Dockyard, will com- Cross, near Reading, where until mission for triais on April 1 and recently there was a remount de- will pay off into dockyard control pot, is to have a boys' school; and on April 8. She will commission for other schools are to be established her acceptance trial about May 17.in Jersey, at Fort Darland and and is to relieve the trawler Bovington, and in the Northern Cherwell, Lieutenant Commander and Southern Commands.

NEW MINESWEEPER

N. B. Courthope-Munroe. in the Fishery Protection Flotilla. The Leda will be the fourteenth ship of the Halcyon class, the construc- tion of which was begun in 1933.

FLEET ENGINEER OFFICER

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ROYAL AIR FORCE

CHANGES IN IRAQ Group Captain R. S. Maxwell.

Engineer-Commander K. D. P. MC., DFC.. A.F.C., has been ap- Hall-Patch has been appointed to pointed in command of the sta- the cuiser York for duty" as Fleettion at Dhibban, and Group"cap- Engineer Officer on the America tain A. S. Morris, OBE, succeeds and West Indies Station in sue-him in command of the aircraft ccasion to Engineer-Commander Hdepot there... F. du M. Hunt.

· RESRVE OFFICERS

A new Fleet Order direets that on their first appearance for train ing all probationary officers of the R.N.R. will be required to underge

a medical examination in order to eliminate the possibility of their.

These changes follow the re- moval of R.AF. units from Hinaldi

new to the

base at Dhibban. Group Captain Maxwell was ap- pointed in command of the aircraft depot at Hinaldi a year ago.

TRAINING COMMAND Group Captain W. B. Farrington, having become unfit for servier D.8.0., who returned recently from since the date of their medical four years' service in India, has examination for entry. In the case duties in the Training Command been appointed for engineer, stalT of the RN.V.R. all probationary officers who are not finally entered in-succession to Group Captain M. until more than six months have Henderson. D.S.O, who takes up elapsed since their first medical the new post of Officer-in-Charge examination

this com- of Administration in application for on

mand. entry will also be required to un- dergo a final medical examination. RACKETS CHALLENGE CUP The nineteenth annual competi tion for the RN, and RM. rackets challenge cup, presented by the committee of Prince's Club,

APPOINTMENTS

The following appointments. in the Royal Air Force are notified:- GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH Group Captains.-R. S. Maxwell. [MC.,

to DFC AFC..

R.A.F. Station. Traq. to eqminand (Feb | Knightsbridge, will be held at the

club from April 19 to 22 inclusive, 2): A. B. Morris, O.B.E, to Aircraft The holder is Commander H. F. Depot, Dhibban, Iraq, to command

(Feb, 10), Layman, now attending the staff

MEDICAL BRANCH course..at Greenwich, who has won

Group Captain.-T. J. Kelly. M. the cup five times in the past 10 years. A handicap plate singles. to Headquarters. Training Com- competition will also be held for mand, Market Drayton. for duty, those eliminated in the first round as deputy Principal Medical Officer The competitions are open to all (Feb. 15).

officers of. the RN. and RM, on the active list, including naval cadets.

Souadron Leaders.-F. E John- son, to R.A.F. Station, Cardington for duty as Medical Officer (Feb. 16); C. W. Coffey, to RA.F. Sta- Paymaster Captain C. K. Lloydtion. Seletar, Singapore, for duty promoted in December last after as Medical Officer (Feb. 12); R. Thorpe, to Aeroplane and Arma- two years as squadron accountant:

PLYMOUTH HOSPITAL

officer in the Battic-Cruiserment Experimental Establishment. Martlesham Heath, for duty as Squadron, has taken up duty as store officer and cashier at the Medical Officer (Feb. 15). RN. Hospital, Plymouth. in suc cession to Paymaster Captain P.S. Fleet throughout the War, and Strickland.

was present with the 2nd Battle GERMAN VISTT TO FALMOUTH Squadron at Jutland under the The German training ship command of Captain Barrentrapp. Schleswig-Holstein is to visit She was reconstructed and partly Falmouth from April 8 to April 16. rearmed about 10 years ago and Completed in 1908, the Schleswig-has since been used to. train Holstein served in the High Beas cadets.

London, March 23. Recruiting for the British Army during the past week totalled 679. an increase of 58 per cent. over the corresponding week in 1837 und the highest for this particu- lar week slace the end of the Great War.- (Reuter)...

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