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NOVEMBER 13, 1919 m Weatherbound : The H Al 1 i ance -Napier machine entered for the flight to Australia jg has had to stand by owing to unsettled H weather conditions, gj As soon as condi tions improve, a H start will be made. _ Our photograph shows ; on the left, jg Lieut. R. Douglas, M.C., D.C.M., the S pilot of the ma- chine ; on the right, •" Lieut. Ross, the gj navigator; and, in the centre, Mr. J. A. S Peters, the designer ~ of the Alliance ma chine. The photo- E graph gives a good idea of the cabin H arrangement H Millions upon millions of money are still being wantonly wasted in the upkeep of ships that can't be used in war. When this winter the price of food and coal goes up, the masses will ' sack the lot.' A gust of fury will clear out this effete Parliament." ALTHOUGH it would be hardly wise to ' Crash the Lot' so far as our Navy is concerned, as a true prophet in the past Lord Fisher holds no mean place, and whilst maintaining an adequate re-organised Fleet, fashioned upon lines of experi ence gained in the War, the airy " writing on the wall," as FIRST INTERNATIONAL AERIAL MAIL : This week marks a milestone in aviation, inasmuch as the commencement ot official international mail-carrying was inaugurated. Our photographs show the Paris mails being loaded into an Airco 4A, and the Government pennant, bearing the legend, " Royal Mail," being fixed to the rudder of the machine 1484
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