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1918
1918 - 1146.PDF
OCTOBER IO, 1918. Thus is outlined the head of the really remarkable 200-yard procession contributed by the Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd., on " Our Day" to the Wolverhampton Red Cross Altogether the Sunbeam Co. were responsible, either throughthe management or by special departments, for nine tableaux. " Wr&GED VICTORY," another Sunbeam item, consisted ofa now obsolete type of Sunbeam-Coatalen aircraft engine, with, according to the special description to hand, Mercuryin classic trench pudding-basin headgear, with wings from the headpiece and from the heels, holding a laurel wreathover the engine, there being on one side of the car the legend : " SUNBEAM-COATALEN-ENGINED AIRCRAFT TOLD JELLICOE WHERE FRITZ WAS AT JUTLAND," and on the other side:— SUNBEAM-COATALEN-ENGINED AIRCRAFT FED TOWNSHENP'S GARRISON DURING THE SIEGE OF KUT."Above the Mercury, endwise, was a sixteen foot golden Kiwi (the bird taken as the emblem of the Royal Air Force)executed by Mr. William Brown. A later aviation item from the Sunbeam was a tableau of the tribal names of the variousSunbeam-Coatalen engine models. Altogether a wonderful display. How the Germans say their bombing squadronswork.—A German contemporary publishes the above chart of places " of military importance " in France,which, the journal claims, were bombed in one week— from Sunday, July 14th, to Saturday, July 20th, 1918.During this period over 250,000 kg. (550,000 lbs.) of bombs were dropped, it is claimed. Each of theGerman words inside the rectangles denote a day of the week when bombs are claimed to have been droppedon the town whose name adjoins the rectangle. Pageant. Our photographs elsewhere give an oculardemonstration of part of this display, which comprised over 500 out of the several thousands of workers taking part. Q proposed German peaceful penetration scotchedin the hoisting of the British flag at Spitzbergen. Having in mind the almost limitless fields for coal and oil, the Huns 'were seriously on the look out for quietly acquiring control away back in 1910, with that Chief-Robber Hun, PrinceHenry of Prussia, in collaboration with the late Count Zeppelin as co-conspirators on behalf of their All-Highest.It was at Cross Bay where these two advance agents were experimenting with dirigibles at that time. It would havebeen an ugly jumping off ground for an enemy of the Hun capacity to hold. How is it we hear from America of such calamities as theclosing down—or to be precise, the placing in the hands of a Receiver—in New York of Delmonicos, as a result of thelosses suffered through the war? Matters profiteering must be regulated with a different hand out yonder than inthis little London of ours. They want a few of our bloated Tampers of the officers of the R.A.F. and all other units (notforgetting the general public) to show them the pace. The only Receiver then required would probably be the repre-sentative of the Excess Profits Johnnie. THE suicide last week of Percy Luck, aged 36, is anothervery striking testimonial to the " efficiency" of Mill Hil Medical Board. What a commentary upon the possibilities'of the misapplication of man power when you get soulless experts at work ! PRECEPTS FOR PENGUINS. By One of the W.R.A.F. 1. Thou shalt have no dealings with Cadets 1 Thoushalt not give them the " glad eye "; nor seek to attract WITH WOMEN WAR WORKERS WE Wlti- WOMEN'S ADACRAFT WORK IN THE WAR.—The above is the decorated lorry contributed'by theSunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd., to "Our Day" Pageant at Wolverhampton. It illustrates the work of one of the women's departments, and bears, on the side not shown, the legend: " WOMEN S WAR WORK GIVES BRITAIN WINGS. " 1147
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