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COMPANY MATTERS. Rolls-Royce, Ltd. NOTICE is issued to the shareholders that after payingor providing for all trading expenses, libsral depreciation of buildings, machinery and plant, and after chargingrepairs and replacements to revenue, and writing down additions thereto to estimated post-war values, the tradingfor the year ended October 31st, 1916, has resulted in a nett profit of £82,640 8s. iod., as compared with £44,171 9s. id. ofthe previous year. With £31,475 ys. id. brought forward from last year there is thus an available amount of £114,115 15s. lid.At the meeting on March 9th last, the directors recommended for the twelve months ended October 31st, 1916, and theshareholders approved the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, for the year (less income tax) which wassubsequently distributed. The directors recommend the following transfers :—(a)£20,000 to the Debt Guarantee Fund; (b) £30,000 to the credit of Income Tax Account; and (c) to carry forwardjf44irl5 l5s- TId. The balance sheet and the notice convening the adjourned shareholders' meeting, will be issued shortly. Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Issue of Shares. THE British Foreign and Colonial Corporation announcesthat the off r at 21s. of 250,000 seven per cent, cumulative a.nd participating "B" preference shares in the AircraftManufacturing Co. has been largely over-subscribed. NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT, LTD., 97, New Bond Street,W.—Capital £25,000 in £1 shares (10,000 preference). Manu- facturers of and dealers in aircraft and components, &c.First directors : Sir Charles E. Fryer and R. Taylor BLACKBURN PROPELLER CO., LTD., 96, CrossStreet, Manchester.—Capital £20,000 in £1 shares. Aero- plane d signers and contractors, &c. First directors:V. Lightman, R. Barrow-Sierce, R. Blackburn and S. Lightman. HOMERTON AIRCRAFT CD., LTD., Sherry's Wharf,Homerton Bridge, E. 9.—Capital £2,000 in £1 shares. First directors : E. Johnson and A. H. Sherry. MORTLAKE AIRCRAFT CO., LTD.—Capital £10,000in £1 shares. Acquiring business carried on at 37, Sheen Lane, Mortlake, as the " Mortlake Aircraft Co." Permanentgoverning director : J. Keele. «, SUPER AVIATION CO., LTD., 154, Dalston Lane, E. 8.—Capital £10,000 in £1 shares. Aeronautical constructors, general enginees, seaplane and aeroplane manufacturers, &c.First directors: N. Bowman, A. A. Corre, N. Lowin and H. Freeman. WALTON MOTORS, LTD.—Capital £200,000 in £1 shares.To purchase, or otherwise acquire and manufacture aero, motor and other engin s, &o. Under agreement with A.B.C.Motors, Ltd., and G. E. Bradshaw. First directors: R. L. Charteris, E. Noel and Squadron-Commander Marix, D.S.O.,R.N. BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATIONS. HURLINGHAM AIRCRAFT CO.—Registered Odo-ber 16th, 1917. Manufacturers of aircraft, designers, merchants and transport contractors. 91c, Dynevor Road, StokeNewington, N. 16. Partners, Harold Hurlin (British), 185, Church Street, Stoke Newington, N., and William Ingram(British), 74, Chippenham Road, Padflington, W. MORANE-SMITH AVIATION CO,—Registered Octobernth, 1917. Model aeroplane manufacturers and 'dealers, 21, Moring Road, Tooting Bee, S.W. 17. Proprietor : WilliamG. Smith (British), same address. Other business occupation, employed in publishing department of Daily Mirror. Businesscommenced " some years ago." v 0 0 H E LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Air Raids and Disease. AT a London County Court on October 30th, twelvewomen claimed awards against their employer, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, for injuries sustained as aresult of the air raid of June 13th. Their case was that when they resumed their work as cap makers after the raid theirhands came into contact with some powder dispersed by a bomb which had exploded near by. This powder had goton the cloth, and they contracted dermatitis, which in- capacitated them for some time. It was intimated thatan admission of liability had been received and a settlement arrived at. NOVEMBER 8, 1917. CORRESPONDENCE. " To Remove Krupps."[1952] In reference to your note in this week's " FLIGHT "regarding a report that the Krupps works at Essen are to be removed to Posen in East Prussia, this is not strictly correct.Krupps already control coai and steel mines in the neighbour- hood of Posen and they are certainly developing these worksin preference to the Essen works which have already reached the limit of their capacity.There is another matter which has, however, apparently been overlooked, and that is the transference of the artillery andsmall arms works from Essen to Munich in Bavaria. Early in 1916 it was announced that the Krupp interestshad acquired large tracts of land in the vicinity of Munich for the building of new works. I have on file somewheredetails of the negotiations, the district being an absolutely undeveloped one. Krupps immediately proceeded to link upwith the main railway line, to lay down water and irrigation plant and to do everything on a scale worthy of Krupp.The Munich Municipality at the same time acquired large tracts of land in the neighbourhood to prevent speculation,and started to re-sell in smaller parcels for putting down smaller works—which always crop up in the neighbourhoodof large works—and for town planning, though Krupps always plan and lay out their own workmen's dwellings.The object of the Municipality was to create a local industrial district similar to Essen, with the advantage of cheap electricpower from the new State power scheme, to be centralised round the new big " Bayernwerk," utilising the water of the" Walchen See." A recent report in Stahl und Eisen, dated July 26th, 1917,gives some interesting details of the progress of the con- structional work on the new buildings, some of which arereckoned to be in operation before the end of the year. From this report it would appear that it is now intendedto transfer the whole of the manufacture of artillery—including presumably heavy guns—to the Munich works, Whereas theoriginal intention appeared to be to confine it to the lighter artillery and small arms.An interesting sidelight is thrown on the internal politics of the German Empire by the statement that one of the chieffactors influencing the decision of the choice of Bavaria for the site of the new works, was the desire to create a local munitionsindustry in South Germany, in order to stimulate interest in war and warlike preparations.To anyone who has lived in both North and South Germany, as I have, this is very significant, almost as significant as theoffer of the Imperial Chancellorship to Hertling, one of the greatest thorns in the side of the Prussian militarist party. FREEMAN HORN. Nov. 3rd. H H H H ^ " Aeronautical Patents Published. • ^ Applied for in 1916. The numbers in brackets are those under which the specifications are printed and abridged, &c. Published November &th, 1917. 14,656. H. ROBERTS. Propeller. (110,201.) '"..':-~ ..' If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study " FLIGHT'S " Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week (see pages xlvi, xlvii and xlviii). •••:'-: ,:-^.;,;:y .FLIGHT , : .. : and The Aircraft Engineer. 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2.Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone: Gerrard 1828. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 5 " FLIGHT " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rales /— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD. s. d. \ s. d.3 Months, Post Free.. 3 10 3 Mouths, Post Free.. 5 6 12 715 6 12 10 20 Cheques and, Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, and crossed London County and Westminster Bank, otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring " FLIGHT " from local newsvendors, intending readers can obtain each issue direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding remittance »s above. 1184
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