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[/UCMT] To Assist the Minister of Munitions. IT was announced on Wednesday that the Minister of Muni- tionsihas constituted a Munitions Inventions Branch of the Ministry, and has appointed as Comptroller Mr. E. W. Moir, M.Inst.C. E. and M.Am.Soc.GE. The Branch, which for the present is located in Armament Buildings, Whitehall Piace, will have the duty of considering projects for inventions relating to munitions for warfare on land, or matters appertaining thereto. In this connection a pane) of honoiary scientific and other experts have been appointed including Mr. Horace Darwin, Professor Glazebrook, Mr. F. W. Lanchester, Professor Vivian Lewes, Sir Hiram Maxim, &c, &c. Rhodesian Aeroplane Funds. A CABLE message has been received from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, asking the British South Africa Company to pay to the Imperial Government the sum of £1,500 deposited with the Treasury there by Colonel Raleigh Grey, C.M.G., for the purchase of a 70 h.p. aeroplane, as a gift from the people of Rhodesia for the use of the Royal Flying Corps and to form a unit of the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla. The aeroplane, it is requested, should carry the name " Rhodesia No. I." From Northern Rhodesia, through the Administrator, also came the intimation a short while since that certain Angoni chiefs in the Fort Jameson district had voluntarily subscribed £32 is. as an expression of loyalty to His Majesty the King, the money to be utilised as a contribution towards the cost of an aeroplane for the British Army. Aeroplanes from the Malay States. UP to July 5th the Malayan Air Fleet Fund stood at £4,792, and the money had been sent over for three B.E. 2c biplanes. One has been provided by the Hon. Eu Tong Sen, Perak, the second by the residents of Kinta, and the third by Mr. C. Alma Baker. Jamaica Also Providing Aeroplanes. A FUND has been started in Kingston, Jamaica, with the object of raising .£10,000 for the purchase of machines for the British Flying Services. A committee of well-known residents has been formed, and have issued an appeal urging that the commencement of the second year of the war should be marked by a special effort to complete the fund quickly. And Some from Canada. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH correspondent at Montreal writing on August 6th said:—" With the continued spread of the machine gun fever over Canada, it has been suggested by Colonel Wilson, commanding the Montreal district, that some of these subscriptions should be pooled for the purchase of aeroplanes, which are just as necessary for war as machine guns, while it is hard to secure a proper supply. His suggestion has met with considerable favour, and alieaily plans are under way for the purchase of several aero planes in different parts of Canada." U.S. Navy to Build Seaplanes. ACCORDING to unofficial information from Washington, the forthcoming estimates of the U.S. Navy will include provision for the construction at the aeronautical base at Pensacola, Florida, of a plant for the building of hydro-aeroplanes, capable of turning out at least three machines a week. Holland to Purchase Seaplanes. INCLUDED in the estimates for the extension of the Dutch Navy, which were passed by the First Chamber on the 30th ult., was the provision for six seaplanes. An All-Spanish Aeroplane. THE IMPARTIAL, of Madrid, reports that trials have recently been carried out at the Cuairo Vientos Aerodrome, Madrid, with an aeroplane built by the military authorities to the designs of Capt. Barron, a Spanish flying officer. The only details available are that the biplane is in the form of an arrow; that the radiator and the propeller were manufactured at the Sres factory in Madrid, the 120 h.p. motor at the Hispano-Suiza factory at Barcelona, and the chassis at Blanchi. The trials were witnessed by King Alfonso, who congratulated the designer, and decorated him with the Cross of the Order of Charles III. Spain Loses an Airship. THE MORNING POST correspondent at Madrid on Tuesday wrote: "Whilst the military airship 'Alfonso XIII.' was being inflated in the aviation park at Guadalajara an explosion occurred, destroying the airship and injuring an officer and eleven soldiers, five of the latter severely." Double Fatality at Vlllacoublay. MESSAGES received from Paris state that on Monday morning a biplane, while making a trial flight, made a forced landing in a cornfield near Villacoublay, ran into a haystack and overturned. The pilot, Lecqueville, and the observer, Soulat, died while be^ng taken to the hospital at Versailles. AUGUST 13, 1915. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Ltd. IT is announced that Major-General Sir Percy Girouard has b'en re-elected a director of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitwortb, and Co., Ltd., and Colonel A. G. Hadcock and Lord Sydenham have also been elected to the directorate. An Adviser on Works Organisation. HAVING recently relinquished the position of works manager to the Grahame-White Aviation Co., Ltd., Mr. George H. Mansfidd has now taken offices at 17, John Street, Bedford Row, London, W.C. He proposes to specialise in giving advice on organisation and routine, especially in manufacturing concerns such as those devoted to aviation, &c. M.A.B. Decide Not to Insure Against Air Raid Risks. AT a meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board held on Saturday, a recommendation of the Finance Committee that the offices of the Board, &c, should be insured against aerial risks, was discussed, and it was eventually decided not to insure any of the property of the Board. Fitters Wanted for the R.N.A.S. IT is announced that experienced fitters, with special knowledge of internal-combustion engines, are required immediately for the Royal Naval Air Service. The pay is from 4.C a day, and all found. Applications should be made to the R.N.A.S. Recruiting Office, Brook Green Road, Hammersmith, W. Men engaged on Government work need not apply. ® ® ® ® IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1914-1915. AEROPLANES, airships, balloons, and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures, see Flight for January 25th, 1912; for 1912 and 1913, see Flight for January 17th, 1914; and for 1914, see Flight for January 15th, 1915:— Imports. Exports. Re-Exportation. 1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. £ £ £ £ £ £ January ... 5,945 20,382 210 435 879 13,706 February 28,132 380 106 138 441 18,823 March ... 27,731 280 1,934 7,218 1,440 5,090 April ... 11,384 2,189 1,175 23,986 1,473 275 May ... 17,062 178 4,059 12,530 9,484 8,250 June ... 15,967 5,469 5,082 3,730 142 2,400 July ... 15,548 1,240 4,994 13,372 1,695 — 121,769 30,118 17,560 61,409 15,554 48.544 ® ® & ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied ror In WIS. Published August l-zth, 1915. 28,653. A. OISTBR. Parachutes. Appll-d for In l»ll Published August 12th. 1915. 10,205. A, P. PLATES. Rotary I.C. engines. 10,882. BALLONHALLENBAU GES. Doors of airship sheds. Applied for in 1915. Published August 12th, 1915. 8. C. H. OCUMPAUGH. Flying machines. 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. 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