Submarine Off N.Q.

REPORTS, published about the middle of August, that a foreign submarine had been seen off the North Queens land coast, in the vicinity of Townsville, were ridiculed. It may be said, however, that the reports were not all imagination —a foreign submarine actually was seen in the vicinity of Townsville, not only by civilians, but by certain aeroplanes of the Australian defence force which were sent out on search. The incident was regarded as serious—until the completion of the Russia-German pact altered the whole international outlook.

Pen-friends in the Pacific Islands are wanted by Mr. Leonard W. Cook, 5 Clovelly Road, Acton Green, Chiswick, London, W. 4,, England.

A Returned Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Misima Island, Eastern Papua, was offi cially opened recently by Mr. A. Rentoul, chairmap of the local branch of the

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