London, Apr. 5.
Asked whether disciplinary action had been taken with regard to, Rear-Admiral Collard in connection with the Royal Oak incident, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr.
Bridgeman, said in the House' of Commons to-day that] Rear-Admiral Collard had been. ordered to strike his flag by the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, whose action had been approved by the Admiralty. Reuter. gibraltar, Apr. 5.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, Commander-in-Chief, Medi terranean, had a brief interview with Plag Captain K. G. B. Dewar] yesterday evening.
Rear-Admiral B. St. G. Collard, who is on full-pay, not half-pay as has been stated, is returning England on Sunday on board the Orient Hiner -Otranto, Captain Daniel and Commander LIH, M, Daniel and their wives are leaving for England on the P. & O. steamer Rampura the same day.
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