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1919 - 0291.PDF
FEBRUARY 27, 1919 iJ^jS^i • SIDE-WINDS WHERE officialdom, like the law, looks uncommonly like being on a par with the asinine quadruped is shown bvthis lesson in Somerset House procedure. Mr. G. H. Mansfield, Managing Director of the Motor and Aircraft Supplies Co., Ltd., writes us as follows ;—" Mr. Ascol has changed, or rather added to, his company's name. At Somerset House, W.C., before the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, on February 14 (Valentine's Day), Mr. Ascol obtained permission to change the name of the company to the Motor and Aircraft Supplies Co., Ltd. A request has been made to call the company ' Ascol,' Ltd., but the Board of Trade said that ' Ascol ' neither indicated the business done nor the name or names of the directors. The fact that the word is part of our trade mark did not help us within the meaning of the Act. Had the managing director changed his name by deed-poll to ' Ascol,' which he could do, the company could then be known as ' Ascol,' Ltd .—such is the law. In order to save our customers such a mouthful as our present title we shall continue to make ourselves known as ' Ascol ' House, and by this name shall we be known abroad in foreign lands and at home." WE understand from Messrs. Alexander Duckham and Co., Ltd., that Sir Arthur Duckham, K.C.B., Director-General of Aircraft Production and member of the Air Council, has joined the board of that firm. THE East London Rubber Co. (Sheffield Branch) have appointed Mr. B. J. Murrin (of Newcastle-on-Tyne) to repre sent them on the ground covered by the late Mr. E. Teasdale (killed in the great War). This ground includes Northumber land, Durham, Cumberland, Westmoreland, North Lancashire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Murrin is now starting out on his first journey on behalf of after-War business. They have also appointed Mr. W. R. Watson (of Sheffield) to represent them in South Lancashire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, North Wales, formerlv covered bv the late Mr. E. B. Brettel. THE annual staff dinner of Messrs. Handley-Page, Ltd., at Saturday, at the Connaught Rooms, was a cheery affair. " H. P." was in the chair, supported by Mrs. Handley-Page; Lord Morris, of Newfoundland, who is now a director of the firm ; the Earl of Hardwicke, Maj. F. R. McMahon, D.S.O., and the heads of departments. In proposing the toast of " The Firm," Mr. R. S. Hubbard, works manager, said that during the past year the total number of employees had increased to four times what it was. They had now got a very fine works and a splendid aerodrome which looked like being used extensively in connec tion with commercial aviation. He also referred to the great success of the V 1500 machine, and said he thought the Germans must have second sight, and having seen the V type bomber coming decided to sign the armistice. . Mr. Handley-Page was in his happiest vein in replying to the toast, and with great pride outlined several of the recent achievements of H.P. machines, such as the flight to India, the trip from Belfast to the East Coast, the carrying of 40 passengers over London, etc. He pointedly remarked that all these were not things they were going to do but had actually been accomplished. Referring to the part played by H.P. machines in the War, he said that the first blow in Genl. Allenby's campaign was struck by an H.P., which, bombing the central signal station of the Turkish headquarters, prevented messages being sent to the various units. The American attack at St. Mihiel was also preceded by opera tions by a squadron of H.P. machines. Many of them were asking when were they going to fly the Atlantic, and when were they going to start a passenger service ? All he would say was " Wait and see." They might take it from him, however, that if a long flight is possible anywhere the old firm would always be well represented. With regard to passenger services, they had made arrange ments with Allied companies abroad, and as soon as it was possible they would go ahead. In four months one of their machines operating to the Continent from Folkestone had carried 474 passengers without mishap. Referring to the profit-sharing scheme which the firm had inaugurated, he said it was very difficult to estimate what profits they were going to make, and they needed to go carefully, but he made it clear that the firm would do what was just and right. He said that Lord Belper, as well as Lord Morris, had joined the board of directors. The other speakers were the Earl of Hardwicke, Maj. F. R. McMahon, D.S.O., Lord Morris, and Mr. F. Kimber Bull, and during the evening an excellent musical programme was given by Miss Ruby Wilson, Miss Amy Brook, Miss May de la Grange, Miss Evelyn Green, Mr. Leslie Walker, Mr. Henry Turnpenny, Mr. Llewellyn Evans, and Mr. Bobbie Comber. His many friends in the trade will regret to hear that Mr. F. A. Smalley, the manager of Messrs. Joseph Owen and Son, Ltd., the timber specialists, of Borough High Street, passed away on February 20 from pneumonia after a very- brief illness. IT has been an open secret for quite a long time that Messrs. W. G. Tarrant, of Byfleet, have been engaged upon the construction of a super triplane, and we hope shortly to be able to give some detailed particulars of this machine. The Handley-Page Dinner at the Connaught Rooms 291
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