Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), Thursday 20 February 1941, page 34


SINGAPORE STRAIT

MINED

LONDON, February 16.

The British Government has given notice that the following area is danger-ous to navigation, namely, all the area bounded 0n the north by parallel of 2 deg. 44 min. north. on the east by meri-dian of 104 deg. 30 min. east, on the south by parallel I deg. 35 min. north, and on the west by the coast of Malaya. Mines will he laid in the above area without further notice and vessels wish-ing to pass through the area must apply to the British naval authorities at Singa-pore for a route. Anv vessel disregard-ing this instruction will do so at its own risk and peril.