[?]Ap Navy—Then And Now

RECENTLY the Japanese Navy LV held its first post-war man oeuvres, when 15 motor launches nd trawlers and an unarmed har our vessel put out to sea from 'okohama. Normally, the little fleet pends its time lifting and laying uoys around Yokohama harbour nd is officially known as the [aritime Safety Agency—a civilian rganisation. Ten freighters pre mted by the United States, 23 mding craft, and some mine veepers complete the Japanese nperial Fleet of 1953.

When Japan attacked Pearl Har- Dur on December 7, 1941, her Navy insisted of 10 battleships, 3 major ircraft carriers, 35 cruisers, 106 de iroyers and 70 submarines. All were >st in the Pacific War. Now, says le Japanese Prime Minister, the Dst of one battleship would wreck le economy of the nation.

JI On June 17, Pilot W. E. Passlow, of New Guinea, flew into- Cairns, Qld., with a borrowed motor in his aircraft. Passlow was forced down on the beach 80 miles north of Cooktown two weeks previously after an engine failure. He was en route to NG. The replacement engine was loaned by the North Queensland Aero Club.

fl The Rev. Fr. J. Walter, SM, has lately been transferred from Namosi, Fiji, to Loreto, Ovalau Island, and his place has been taken by the Rev. Fr. R. McDonnell, SM. The Rev. Fr. J. Verbays, SM, formerly of Loreto, departed from Fiji re cently on his first visit home to Europe since leaving there in 1936.