Reports of the presence of a mysterious submarine off Canada recall the dramatic affair in the Atlantic last February, when "mystery ship" sent out S.O.S. messages stating that she had been torpedoed by an unknown submarine 200 miles to the south of the Azores.
The identity of the torpedoed vessel remained a complete mystery, and the possibility of the whole affair having been a hoax was not discounted. The incident caused a great deal of anxiety, and extensive enquiries were carried out over two continents.
The British liner Empress of Australia, and a Greek vessel, the Montpelion, carried out searches over that part of the Atlantic from which the unknown vessel had sent out its messages asking for aid. No trace, however, was found of the "torpedoed" ship.—Reuter. motor vehicles in this country around 72000, or one car per mile, according to official figures released here today World attention has lately been directed tq China's three international highways, in the north-west and the south-west. The first is the Lanchow-Hami-Tihua and Soviet border highway, covering a distance of 730 miles. Then, in the south there is Kweilin - Nanning - Indo - China der highway, which is 470 miles long.
The third highway runs from Kunming, via Tsiangyuen and Paoshan to Anting, where the highway branches to the north to Bhamo, on the Irrawaddy River, and to the south to Llashio on the Burma
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