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Advico has just Veen received that Mr George Toogood, formerly of Wellngton, where he was well-known in legal circles, . sntl for several rears past practising his profession ia Vancouver (British Columbia), recently proceeded to the Old Country and offered his services to the War Office. He was appointed a secretary to the Ministry of Munitions, ond his he-ad-ouarterh are at Birmingham. A good story of naval self-reliance and ready adaptability in the face of imminent danger is told by a correspondent. One of our submarines suddenly found itself, when cruising within a live mile radius of Heligoland, with its engines out of commission, and quite incapable of ©veu temporary repair with the means available on board, with tho result that for two days she had to be practically derelict within range of the guns "of the island. At last she aroused the attention of six German, trawlers, which surrounded her and threatened her with immediate disaster. The submarine, however, made as great a show of vigorous preparations for attack a.s she could, with tho result that all but one of the trawlers sheered off. The one that remained was presently boarded by an armed party from the submarine, and used to tow the damaged vessel into a British port, a proceeding which took three days.