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[fticiif) NOVEMBER 23, 1916.. Ciixaclojrd OFFICIAL M0TICE5 TO MEMBERS New Members. IN accordance with the rules, the Annual Subscription of any New Member who is elected between November 1st and December 31st of this year, will cover the period up to December 31st, 1917. Suspension of Entrance Fees of New Service Members. Until further notice, Service Members will be elected to the Royal Aero Club without Entrance Fee. New Club Premises. The arrangements for the alterations, decorations, furnish ing, &c, of the New Club House are in the hands of a special Committee and the work is progressing very satisfactorily. There will be a billiard room, smoking lounges, buffet, reading and writing room, dining room and bedrooms. The house is situated within three minutes' walk of the present Club premises. THE FLYING SERVICES FUND administered by THE ROYAL AERO CLUB. THE Flying Services Fund has been instituted by the Royal Aero Club for the benefit of officers and men of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps who are incapacitated on active service, and for the widows and dependants of those who are killed. The Fund is intended for the benefit of all ranks, but especially for petty officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. Forms of application for assistance can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. Subscriptions. £ s. d. Total subscriptions received to Nov. 14th, 1916 10,897 2 4 Employes of Ruston, Proctor and Co., Aircraft Works (Thirteenth contribution) .. .. I 10 s> Collected at the Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil (Fifty-seventh contribution) .. 0155 Proceeds df Concert given by Ratings of the Royal Naval Air Service at Wormwood Scrubbs and the White City Total, November 21st, 1916 100 00 10,999 7 9 No. The Car. 3, Clifford Street, New Bond Street, W. The new 166 Piccadilly, W. B. STEVENSON, Assistant Secretary. premises of the Royal Aero Club which will be opened in December. AVIATION IN PARLIAMENT. The Royal Aircraft Factory. MR. R. LAMBERT, in the House of Commons on November 14th, asked whether the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, is a controlled establishment; and, if not, whether the War Office has power to prevent a man from getting his discharge and obtaining work elsewhere ? Mr. Forster : The War Office has the power mentioned in the second part of the question, under an Order made by the Minister of Munitions under Section 7, Munitions of War Act, dated July 14th, 1915. The Royal Naval Air Reserve. MR. BILLING asked whether the First Lord of the Admiralty threatened to tender his resignation if the Royal Naval Air Service was included in the recent Air Inquiry ; and whether the Lords of the Admiralty have threatened to tender their resignation if any steps are taken to remove from the sphere of their control the Royal Naval Air Service ? The Prime Minister : The answer to both parts of the question is in the negative. Report on the Air Board. CAPTAIN BENNETT-GOLDNEY asked the Prime Minister whether he will in due course order that the Report of the Air Board shall be laid upon the Table of the House, or, if this course should be considered inadvisable on military grounds, if members will be given an opportunity to see it privately, or, if necessary, to hear its contents during the proposed Secret Session f The Prime Minister : The first Report by the President of the Air Board is a document of a highly secret character. So far as my own knowledge and responsibility extend, its contents have only been communicated to members of the War Committee, and are engaging the Committee's close attention. The Report embodies certain proposals and recommendations affecting at least three Departments, the Admiralty, the War Office, and the Ministry of Munitions, whose considered views on those recommendations have yet to be submitted to the War Committee. I hope to be in a position shortly to make a statement to the House on the subject. I certainly do not think it desirable that the Report in its entirety should be laid on the Table. I am not prepared at present to state whether or not it is advisable that the Board's proposals should be discussed in Secret Session. Mr. Billing, on November 16th, asked if it is proposed to lay Lord Curzon's Report on the Air Service upon the Table of the House ? Mr. Bonar Law : I would refer the hon. member to the written answer I gave to the hon. member for the Canterbury Division on the 14th inst., to which I can add nothing. 1026
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