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1915 - 0546.PDF
I/ySHT) THE CAUDRON DINNER. THE First Annual Dinner of the employees of the British Caudron Co., Ltd., which was held at Frascati's Restaurant, Oxford Street, last Saturday evening, was an extremely gratifying affair in more ways than one. In the first place, it served as an indication of the proportions to which this Company has grown, for although many of the members were unable to put in an appearance, it was an imposing muster that sat down to the excellent dinner provided. Secondly, the evening was proclaimed by all in every way successful. The chair was taken by Mr. Alfred Newman, the able and popular works manager, who, by the way, was responsible for a very pleasing design—showing a too h.p. Caudron in flight—on the cover of the menu and programme. He was supported—figuratively speaking, of course—by Mr. A. M. Kamsay, Mr, Bathurst (secretary), Mr. Rene Desoutter (chief pilot), and Mr. R. Simpkins (business manager). Unfortunately, Sir William Ramsay and Mr. Hunter were unable to t>e present, being away in Scotland on important business ; but each thoughtfully sent a telegram wishing the gathering all success. There was but little speech-making, but Mr. Ramsay, in responding to his toast, made a few remarks on the magnificent manner in which all worked together in perfect harmony; the Company, he added, were out for business, but for all that they intended to do their bit in supplying the country with aeroplanes, and to treat their staff well, and he was glad to say that in this they were successful—they had a good machine and a contented staff. Needless to say, these remarks brought forth cheers loud and long. After the dinner an extremely pleasant concert was given, the organisation of which was due to Miss Edith Bathurst, who, besides singing some songs, played a recruiting march of her own composition named the " Wake Up, England, March." In addition to turning out good aeroplanes, the Caudron Co. showed that they could produce good singers as well, for the programme included several members of the staff, one of whom, Mr. Tom Griffiths, possessed a decidedly pleasant tenor voice. Other artists who assisted in the evening's entertainment were Miss Gladys Norcott, Miss Dorothy Kerr (violin), Miss Maisie Cuthbert, Mr. Arthur Drew (piano), Mr. H. Browning, Mr. Walter Kingsley, Mr. Morris Charles, Mr. Chas. F. Grossmith, Mr. Victor Maisey, and Mr. Ernest Walton. This first annual dinner was certainly a success ; may the second, and the many others that we hope will follow, be even more successful. ® ® ® ® Italian Flying: Officer Killed. ACCORDING to an Exchange message from Rome on July 20th, the famous Italian aviator, Captain Holla, after reconnoitring the enemy's positions, fell from a height of 1,200 ft. into the Italian lines and was killed. Fatal Acctdent to Swedish Officers. A MESSAGE from Copenhagen on Monday stated that Lieut. Malmquist and Count Hamilton, two well-known Swedish pilots, were killed at Karlskroner on Sunday morning. The motor of the aeroplane stopped in midair and the machine fell like a stone. 8> ® ® »• NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. E. M. D. Synd , Ltd.—Capital j£t,ooo, in £1 shares (900 preferred ordinary and too ordinary). Mechanical and electrical engineers, manufacturers of and dealers in aerial conveyances and aircraft and component parts thereof, builders of hangars, garages, sheds, and aerodromes, Sec. Invicta Glass and Nautical Instrument Co., Ltd., Alderman's House, Bishopsgate, EC— Capital J£IO,OOO, in £1 shares. Makers of nautical, meteorological, and optical instru ments, apparatus useful for navigation by water or air, &c. The Company has been incorporated with a view to the conversion of the business carried on by E. Roberts. Chairman and managing director, E. Roberts. National Aero Defence League (Proprietary), Ltd., Clun House, Surrey Street, Strand, W.C.—Capita! £2,200, in a.ooo shares of £1 each and 4,000 shares of is. each. Objects, to organise fetes, demonstrations, and ceremonial and other public and private functions for aiding, encouraging, and developing aviation in the interests of national defence ; to promote the establishment of funds by means of national or other collections for the purpose of giving aeroplanes, aerodromes, hangars, equipments, engines, and the services of pilots and others to the Government for use in aerial defence; to establish, maintain, and carry on schools of aviation ; to give scholarships for the study of aviation ; to experi ment with, manufacture, import, export, and deal in balloons, aeroplanes, hydroplanes, airships, and aerostats of all kinds. First directors, J. H. Swinburn and G. T. Hunt. JULY 23, iQ'5- ENEMY PATENTS RELATING TO AERONAUTICS. THE following list of British patents which have been granted in favour of residents of Germany, Austria, or Hungary, is tomshed in view of the new Patents Acts, which empower the Board of Trade to erant licences under certain conditions to British subjects to manufacture under enemy patents-**** licences can be retained aftet the war—and is specially compiled for Flight by Lewis Wm. Goold, Chartered Patent Agent, Enrolled Patent Attorney in the United States, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham. It is desirable in the first instance to obtain a full copy of the patent specification (price 6d. each patent), and also the latest particulars upon the Patents Register. If any patent listed has been assigned to a non-enemy proprietor, the law does not apply. No. 19050/12. Parachutes. A parachute, applicable as a fire- escape as well as for aeronauts, is adap'ed to be projected clear of its mounting and also to be expanded by gunpowder charges or by compressed air. The projection of the parachute is effected by arranging the stem thereof to slide in a tube fixed to the aeroplane, or near the window of a building, &c, and containing a charge of gunpowder which can be fired by a per cussion cap and spring-actuated striker controlled by a cord. Augezd, A. Odkolek, Baron, Vienna. Dated Aug. 21st, 1911. No. 19152/12. Parachutes ; ordnance. To prevent recoil of the device described in the parent specification for projecting a parachute from an aerial machine, &c, a simultaneous discharge is effected in an oppositely directed extension of the discharge tube for the parachute stem. Augezd, A. Odkolek, Baron, Vienna. Dated November 4th, 1911. Addition to 19050/12. ® ® ® ® PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. National Physical Laboratory Ret>ort for the Year 1914-15. Teddington : The National Physical Laboratory. National Physical Laboratory: Collected Researches. Vol. XII, 1915. London: Harrison and Sons, St. Martin's Lane, W.C. Price 12J. How Belgium is Fed: the Work of Saving a Brave Nation from Starvation. The National Committee for the Relief in Belgium, Trafalgar Buildings, Trafalgar Square, S.W. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for in I»M. Published J uly 22nd, 1915. A. P. BIAIS, J. J. CAMBON, AND C. M. J. BAILLOD. Aeroplanes. BRITISH EMAILLITE CO. Material for construction of invisible aviation apparatus. JACOB LOHNER AND CO. Safety belts. G. LILIENTHAL. Wings for aeroplanes. F. SCHNEIDER. Exhaust box for aeroplane engines. I. BELL. Aerial machines and apparatus. 733-1,049. 4,111. 9.876. 14,775. 15,494. Applied for In IBIS. Published July 22nd, 1915. 3,890. A. CLEMENT-BAVAKD. Cooling of aeroplane engines. The Editor is always pleased to consider articles or photographs suitable for the pages of FLIGHT, which will be paid for at the usual rates. All communications should be addressed to the Editor, FLIGHT, 44, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C. FLIGHT. 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. 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