The Archive · 1930

British Instructors for Chinese Navy

Nanking, June 2.

It is ofteially announced by the Ministry of Navy that Captain A. Monroe and Captain Kelly left Shanghai on May 29 on board the Changsha Mara on their way to Fukien to take up: their work as instructors at the Government Naval Academy at. Baw Captain Monroe, navigation expert, and Captain' Kelly, engineer, have been engaged by the National Government as technical advisers to the Ministry of the Navy. They arrived here from London on May 27 and had a conference immediate-with Admiral Chen Shao-kwan, Minister of the Navy. The same evening they were the guests of honour ata dinner given by Admiral Chen.—Reurer, The Linghal Rattwoy changed

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