Device to Locate Aeroplanes
RHODESIAN´S REMARKABLE INVENTION Device to Locate Aeroplanes Prevention of Raids Among the many excellent men who left Rhodesia to take part in the Great War, the name of Mr. J. M. Moubray, who held a commission in the Royal Engineers, will hold a prominent place, and indeed is today associated with one of the most remarkable inventions of the war. Mr. Moubray, it may be explained, has been in Rhodesia for over 18 years. A mining engineer by profession, he was at one time manager of the Bernheim mine, Mazoe, and afterwards was Assistant Engineer for the Northern Copper Co. Presently he is engaged in farming and other operations in the Shamva district. We believe it will be a distinct pleasure to all Rhodesians to learn of the services he has rendered to the Empire by reason not only of his excellent work in France, but also in connection with the invention known as the “listening well” method of locating aeroplanes in flight in the dark. The ac...