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CONTRABAND CONTROL

ACTIVITY AT BRITISH BASES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 14. (Received February 15, at 11 a.m.) On February 13 there were 20 neutral ships in the United Kingdom contraband control bases, of 1 which 14 had been there five days or less. During the week ended February 10 the committee considered the cargoes of the 123 ships which had arrived since February 3 and 32 outstanding from the previous week. In 97 .cases the entire cargoes were released on first consideration or after inquiries. Seventy-four were dealt with under the system of the advance copy of manifests, and in 60 such cases,the vessels were released subject to a formal checking of the original manifests. “ NAVICERT" SYSTEM QUICK DISCHARGE FOR AMERICAN SHIP (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 14. (Received February 15, at noon.) The first United States ship with a cargo completely covered by “ navicerts ” arrived at an Allied contraband control base with a mixed cargo destined for Italy and Turkey, and was held up only two and a-half hours. DETECTING U-BOATS BRITAIN'S REMARKABLE DEVICE LONDON, February 14. (Received February 15, at 11 a.m.) 1 The'Times,’ in a leader on the virtues of the convoy system, pays a tribute to the ingenuity of the Navy’s experts who devised the Asdic, also the tireless exercise of that remarkable device, as the result of which U-boats are no longer immune from discovery, and can be attacked - without; being visible,

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Evening Star, Issue 23501, 15 February 1940, Page 11

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CONTRABAND CONTROL Evening Star, Issue 23501, 15 February 1940, Page 11

CONTRABAND CONTROL Evening Star, Issue 23501, 15 February 1940, Page 11