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The W.O. Zeppelin Range-Finder. MR. TENNANT, answering a question put in the House of Commons by Mr. Lynch, said that the War Office had in working order an efficient range-finder for Zeppelins. More Aeroplanes from India. A MESSAGE from Delhi on the 14th inst. stated that the subscription in the Punjab to provide seven aeroplanes named after the big rivers in the province is making excellent progress. All the districts of Northern India are subscribing freely to the funds. The fleet will be primarily utilised in areas where Indian troops are engaged. The Maharajahs of Nabha and Jind and the Rajah of Faridkot have each given an aeroplane estimated to cost ,£5,000 each, and the Rajkumar Hari Singh, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kashmir Army, has given £10,000 for two aeroplanes. Casualties In the Royal Flying Corps. ANSWERING a question in the House of Commons by Mr. Joynson-Hicks as to the casualties of the Royal Flying Corps for the three months ending December 1st, and for the three months ending September 1st, Mr. Tennant, Under Secretary of State for War, said : I have assumed that the hon. gentleman wishes this information for all theatres of war and for officers only. The numbers killed, including those who have died of wounds, &c., for the period ending August 31st, are 14, and for that ending November 30th, 11. The corresponding figures for wounded were 22 and 21 ; for missing, o and 10; and for prisoners and interned, 18 and 26. I am not sure that the giving of casualties by arms is desirable, but I recognise that the Royal Flying Corps is in a special position in this connection. Fatal Accident at Farnboroogh. WHILE flying over Laflan's Plain on the 14th inst., a biplane, piloted by Capt. H, D. Dryden Smith, Durham Light Infantry and Royal Flying Corps, was seen to burst into flames. The machine dived to the ground behind Government House, and Capt. Smith was so badly burnt that he died before reaching Connaught Hospital. A Handsome Gift by Mr. Patrick Alexander. MR. PATRICK ALEXANDER has handed to the Headmaster of the Imperial Services College, Windsor (Mr. E. G. A. Beckwith), a cheque for ,£10,000 " for the training of character and the develop ment of knowledge" among the boys of the school. The donor, known as one of the leading pioneers of aeronautics, had previously given the College an aero-laboratory, which has recently been fitted up for engineering. U.S. Naval and Military Aviation. IN the five years shipbuilding programme which Mr. Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy, recommends in his annual report, an expenditure for aviation of two million dollars in 1917 and one million dollars in each of the four following years is suggested. In the annual report of Mr. Garrison, the Secretary for War, among the additional organisations which it is suggested should be raised in the next two yeais are four aero squadrons. Deserting by Aeroplane. ACCORDING to the Echo Beige, two German deserters last week arrived at Aardenburg in an aeroplane. They were a lieutenant and a private. The aeroplane passed over the frontier at a height of ten metres (about thirty feet). Both men were sent to Flushing later to be interned. More Zeppelins Reported Destroyed. THE Danish newspaper Kolding Avis on the 15th inst. pub lished a report from Husum, Western Schleswig-Holstein, to the effect that Zeppelin " L22 " was destroyed about a fortnight ago by the accidental explosion of a bomb as the airship was leaving her shed. It is stated that the crew, numbering about forty, were nearly all killed or wounded, and the huge shed partly demolished. Accord ing to the report " L22 " had only been a few weeks in use. She was described as a sister ship of the "Z18," which recently exploded at Tondern, and as being of the Super-Zeppelin type, with all the recent latest improvements, including platforms on the top of the envelope for the machine and anti-aircraft guns, invisible gondolas and detachable rafts for floating purposes, in case of accidents in crossing the sea. It was reported from Amsterdam on the 17th inst. that travellers from Brussels arriving at Roosendaal stated that a Zeppelin exploded on the previous Wednesday near Namur, all the crew being killed. The explosion is said to be due to a motor defect. The Zeppelin was travelling towards Ypres, with a heavy consign ment of bombs. Three peasants working in a field near where the Zeppelin fell were arrested and taken to Germany—for fear that they would reveal the disaster. Although it is to be hoped that all the reports of Zeppelin disasters which have filtered through neutral countries recently, are true, they should be taken with a grain of salt—the Hun is a wily bird. Our Empire's Industrial Fair, 1917. To erect an exhibition building which costs £200,000 and which covers an area of 610,000 square feet (three-and-half times the size of Olympia) is a splendid example of true British enterprise. This building will be known as the Palace of Industry. Early in 1917 an exhibition will be opened in this building at Willesden Green in North-West London. It is to be known as the Industries of the Empire Fair. It will be the greatest trade exhibi tion ever organised, and is a worthy outcome of co-operative action on the part of the principal trade associations of this country. 1917 seems a long way ahead, but it is all too near really for so stupendous an undertaking. Between two- and three thousand exhibitors and upwards of 70 distinct trades will be represented. The frontage of the stalls will approximate 12 miles in length. This fact has rendered neces sary, for the convenience of the thousands of British, Colonial and foreign buyers who intend to be present, the formation of 16 different sections, each of which will be an exhibition in itself. The Advisory Council of the Industries of the Empire Fair consists of representatives of the principal trade associations and manufacturing houses of Great Britain. It may be explained that one object of this wonderful display of British goods (it is solely a British Exhibition, no foreign exhibits whatever being allowed) is to put an impregnable barrier between this country and the traders of Germany, who whilst the war is in progress are hoarding great stocks of goods in the hope of dumping them down in this and in neutral markets directly peace is declared. The administrative offices are at Lincoln House, High Holborn, London, W.C., and it is interesting to know that the scheme provides for the profits of the Exhibition being refunded to the exhibitors in the form of a bonus. The Fair will, therefore, be in no way a private enterprise. COMPANY ® ® DOINGS. Frederick Sage and Co., Ltd. THE report for the year ended September 30th last of Frederick Sage and Co., Ltd., states that, after making provision for deprecia tion and bad and doubtful debts, the net profit is £15,696. Adding to this £3,519 brought forward, a total of £19,215 is available for distribution. The directors recommend a payment of 6 per cent, dividend, less income tax, on preference shares, £8,373 ; a payment of 6 per cent, dividend, less income tax,<on ordinary shares, £4,200 ; and carry forward £5,712. NEW COMPANY REQ1STERED. Keeton and Skinner, Ltd.—Capital £5,000, in £1 shares. Acquiring business of engineers and machinists carried on by R. E. Keeton and J. E. Skinner at the Attercliffe Engineering Works, Attercliffe Road, Sheffield, as Keeton and Skinner. Smiths, Government contractors, manufacturers of munitions of war and aircraft of all kinds, &c. First directors, P. Keeton, R. E. Keeton, and J. E. Skinner. ® ® ® ® Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for In IWI ». Published December 23rd, 1915. 23,135. W. E. MONTZ. Guns for use against aircraft. 23,313. N* LACROTTE. Device for protecting soldiers, aviators and auto- mobilists from bullets, bayonets, &c. 23,679. E. R. CALTHROP. Balloons. Applied for in 1015. Published December 23rd, 1915. 9,287. OESTERR. DAIMLER-MOTOREN-AKT.-GES. Mounting of propellers. ^FXTotrrT 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, Telegraphic address: Truditur, London. W.C. Telephone: i828Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. " FLIGHT " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates:— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD. 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