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II, 1917. IKe Royal &ero Cluof the, United. K OFFICIAL /SOTICES TO MEMBERS B New Club Premises, 3, Clifford Street, W. The New Club Premises will be Opened on Monday next, the 15th inst. New Club Premises Committee. A Meeting of this Committee was held on Monday, the 8th inst., when the arrangements for opening the new Club House on Monday next, the 15th inst., were completed. Special Committee Meeting. A Special Meeting of The Committee was held on Tuesday, the 9th inst., when there were present : Prof. A. K. Hunting- ton (in the Chair), Mr. Griffith Brewer, Mr. Ernest C. Bucknall, Flight-Commander C. F. Pollock, Lieut.-Com. H. E. Perrin (in attendance), and the Assistant Secretary. Election of Members.—The following New Members were elected :— 2nd Lieut. Alfred Gordon Bond (South Lancashire Regt.). Flight Sub-Lieut. Austin Frauenfeldcr, R.N. Capt. Ro)' Anthony Furlong Gill (Royal Irish Regt.). William Stewart-Greene. Capt. G. P. Grenfell, R.F.C. Edgar George Gubbins. Claude Frederick John Newman Gudgeon. . Lieut. Robert Parsons Harvey (5th King's Lancers). 2nd Lieut. Neville Kemsley, R.F.C. Flight Sub-Lieut. Samuel Marcus Kinkead, R.N. 2nd Lieut. Thomas John Owen, R.F.C. (S.R.). John Lewis Le Hunte Shedden. Lieut. Desmond Tuck (attd. French Flying Corps). Flight-Corn. William Lawrie Welsh, R.N. 2nd Lieut. Thomas Philip Whitcomb, R.F.C. The late Sir George White, Bart On the motion of the Chairman, the following Resolution was unanimously passed :— " The Committee of the Royal Aero Club desires to place on record its deep regret at the death of Sir George White, Bart., who had been a Member of the Club since 1910, and to express its high appreciation of the signal services he rendered to aviation. The Committee further desires to tender its sincere sympathy to the members of his family upon the bereavement they have sustained." The late Sir Hiram S. Maxim.—On th<> motion r»r the Chairman, the following resolution was unanimously passed :— " The Committee of the Royal Aero Club desires to place on record its deep regret at the death of Sir Hiram S. Maxim, who had been a Member of the Club since IQOI, and to express its high appreciation of the signal service* he rendered to aviation. The Committee further decttnw to tender its sincere sympathy to the members of his family upon the bereavement they have sustained."^ Subscriptions. Members are reminded that the Subscription for thejjyear IQ.17 became due on the 1st January last. Bankers' Order Forms can be obtained on application to the Secretary. Servants' Christmas Fund. The Subscription List for this Fund is now open. 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, 3, Clifford Street, New Bond Street, London, W. Subscriptions. Total subscriptions received to Jan. 2nd., 1917Eric Brown .. .. .. .. . £ s. 11,III 9 04 d. 2 0 Total, January 10th, 1917 .. .. 11,111 13, B. STEVENSON, Assistant Secretary.3, Clifford Street, New Bond Street, W. Another German Lie Refuted.THE Admiralty issued the following on January 3rd :— " A German Wireless Press message as received in theMediterraneaa contained the following :— " ' The American Government is raising a protest to GreatBritain for allowing British airmen to bombard the station of Drama before the ejected delegates and Consuls had left, inface of the airmen's knowledge that the delegates had to be met at the station. This bombardment, which, of course,was unsuccessful, is the latest case in the history of the breach of international law by the alleged protectors of smallernations.' " A report which has been received from the Vice-AdmiralCommanding, Eastern Mediterranean, giving details of the bombing of Drama (in Macedonia) by British airmen, servesadmirably to illustrate, when compared with the German Wireless Press message of December 1st, the methods of theGerman propagandist. The substance of the Vice-Admiral's report is as follows :— " The representatives of the German, Austrian, Turkishand Bulgarian Governments when expelled from Athens were sent at their own request, together with their families andservants, by specially-chartered steamer to Kavalla. After being landed a request from the German Minister was con-veyed to the Thasos air station asking that the Drama— Kavalla road might not be bombed for 24 hours from 6.45 a.m.on November 2 5 th, as it was being used by women and children belonging to the evicted enemy Legations. " The Commanding Officer of Thasos air station not onlycomplied with this request, but, as a further act of grace. refrained from any operation against Drama Station andaerodrome until the 28th, when both were bombed with effect. The only attack made on the 25th was upon the1Drama aerodrome alone, and was 'carried out before the message from the German Minister reached the Allied airstation at Stavros. No bombs were dropped in or near the town nor in the vicinity of either the station or the Drama-Kavalla road. This report was substantiated by photo- graphs." Fatal Accidents. A SECOND death in connection with the fatal accidentat Bristol on January 2nd, recorded in our last issue, has occurred, Lieut. F. Bissicks, R.F.C., dying in hospital fromhis injuries. At the inquest on the other officer, 2nd Lieut. J. E. Townsend, it was stated that he was undergoing instruc-tion on a dual control machine at the time. Verdicts of " Accidental Death " were returned in both cases. " Deaths from Misadventure " was the verdict of aKentish jury on January 3rd on Lieut. McGwyre and Sergt. Wilks, R.F.C., who were killed on the previous day. Itappeared from the evidence that when at a height of I ,ooo ft. the machine turned too suddenly, and when the enginestopped the pilot lost control. An aeroplane fell from a great height, and the pilot, aCanadian, named Platt, was killed near Wallscnd on January 4th. The machine caught fire and was totally .wrecked. Capt. Mowatt, an inventor, was killed while at flyingpractice in Northumberland. „ 33
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