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JANUARY I, 1920 " They began. The row was tremendous. Bang ! AndI saw the performers wince, but they stuck to it. I clapped, and the soldiers, seeing what I was at, clapped too. And allthe time the banging went on. It was really two anti-aircraft guns in the street between the Alhambra and the Garrick,but it sounded like bombs, and we all thought it was bombs. I never saw anything more plucky in my life than the way' Smiles ' was carried on. When I thanked them afterwards, they said, ' Oh, but if you hadn't been in the box bucking usup we couldn't have done it.' ' That,' I said, ' was nothing compared to your job of remembering your lines, and so IN an official order just issued the Admiralty announce that the King has approved the grant of a clasp to the officers and men who have been awarded the " 1914 Star " and who actually served under the fire of the enemy in France and Belgium between August 5, 1914, and midnight, Novem- ber 22-23, r9T4- A note states that service in the R.N.A.S. Dunkirk and certain other units does not qualify for the •clasp. We wonder why not, if any of the individuals com- posing those units served under the same conditions. SURELY the remarkable story of participation in_ a series of air-raids, as told of Mrs. Jessie Matcham at the* London Sessions the other day, constitutes a record. It was in connec- tion with a charge of false pretences, in which she was bound over to come up for judgment if called upon. Great Scott! after such experiences the place for this martyr of the Hun methods should rather be a niche amongst the heroines of the War. Here is what she did in the Great War. Married to a professional man in 1914, her husband shortly afterwards joined the Army. That depressed her, and she went to Colchester, where she went through air raids. Later she removed to Southend, where she experienced two air raids in a week. Her husband went to France, and on his return she joined him at Hertford, where a serious air raid took place, and there were 40 or 50 casualties. In 1917 she went to live with relations in South London, and although she only stayed there ten nights there were raids on six of them. Next, please. THE Millennium at last ! The Rio de Janeiro newspapers announce the discovery by an engineer named Gaspar of a new system of power which, by reason of its vast superiority and cheapness, promises to supersede all other forms of power known hitherto, pre- sumably for aircraft also. Senhor Pereira Reis, the celebrated engineer and mathe- matician, has declared that as a result of the discovery ships and locomotives; instead of using coal, will in the future be equipped with chambers of enormously compressed air. Or is it only hot air after all ? SHEFFIELD, through the Development Department of the Corporation, has held a meeting to consider the position of the future of the Coal Aston aerodrome. At an earlier conference the general opinion was that it would be wise to retain Coal Aston as a civil aerodrome, especially on account of its close proximity to the city of Sheffield, which is on one of the great civil aviation routes. Capt. C. A. Lewis, M.C., of Messrs. Vickers' Aviation Department, who spoke upon the subject, has drawn up a suggested scheme for the establishment of a daily air service between Sheffield and- London. Two aeroplanes would fly from Sheffield to London in the morning, and two others would fly from London to Sheffield in the afternoon. At a cost per passenger per journey of £8, the undertaking would, it is estimated, yield jo per cent, on an approximate capital outlay of /50 000. / To those travelleis who like to have a record on their trunks and bags of their journeyings in " furrin parts," the latest detail introduced by the Lep Aerial Travel Bureau into their air-voyage organisation should appeal very strongly. This Travel Bureau now issue " sticker" labels in black and red on a brilliant yellow background, suitable for the adornment of the baggage of each voyager to Paris or elsewhere by air. This label even records the date, time, the route travelled, etc , and is, therefore, likely to be much sought after, by genuine travellers and—otherwise. MORE " Dora, by Grace " trouble. This time it is the vicar of St. Peter's Church, Edmonton, the Rev. E. Selwyn Yates, makes claim from the Royal Air Force for ^85 for actual out-of-pocket expenses and ^100 compensation in lieu of bazaar and sale of work through the occupation of the Church Hall. He has been informed that the War Losses Commission has allowed him ^85 only in full settlement of the claim. In his parish magazine, he says it is a " glaring act of injustice," that " the R.A.F. gained possession of our halls under false pretences," and that " as a last resource we are sending a full account of the transaction to Mr. Winston Churchill direct." Gracious, but he's lucky to get even his " out of pockets." He might easily have been brought in as owing the Government something on balance. Judging by the way other folk have been treated " by Grace," the Revd. gentleman should consider himself ^85 in pocket. WHY, just look at the case of the De Keyser's Hotel. The owners get nothing so far, and the " Crown " is even brazen enough to carry the case, to get out of liability, to the House of Lords. Not much " grace " about that. Just wonder whether counsel and other legal and Crown luminaries concerned trust to " by grace " for their remuneration. It may be the Lord Rosebery ramp may help to straighten, not to say flatten, out some of these Dora bureaucrats who exist—or should—" by Grace." WHILE it is generally recognised that the Meteorological Office has played a most important part in the progress of aviation, especially during the War, it is not always realised that data obtained for aeronautical purposes has been useful in other spheres. In the annual report of the Meteorological Office for the year ending March last, it is pointed out that the information regarding the average pressure, temperature and density at different levels, originally asked for by those who were interested in the working of engines at different levels, and prepared by Mr. W. H. Dines, F.R.S., has been found also to be indispensable for questions of ballistics as well as other purposes of aviation. As evidence of the immense development of the study of the upper air, the report shows that, whereas in 1914 obser- vations with pilot balloons were confined to South Farn- borough, Upavon, Aberdeen, and a few other stations which required an insignificant number of balloons, the issue of balloons for this purpose in 1918 reached the enormous number of 13,176 per month. For use with these balloons, with the assistance of the Northampton Institute, two new models of theodolite have been designed, and large numbers have been constructed and issued after testing in the Office. THE Director also points out that " the rapid advance already made in the navigation of the upper air, and the prospect that flying over the open oceans will soon become common, are inducing aviators and their advisers to seek the latest meteorological information." He adds: " Every endeavour is made to meet the demands made in this direc- tion." HONOURS I» was announced ,n a supplemeat to the London Gauetle, on December 16that the King has been pleased to approve of the following rewards being conferred on Officers and other ranks of the Royal Air Force in recognitionof gallantry in escaping from captivity while prisoners of war : Bar to the Military Cross. Lieut., T./Capt. (now Sqdn.-Ldr.) T. W. Mulcaby-Morgan M C (R IrFus.); Capt. A. J. Bott, M.C. (R.G.A., S.R.) ; 2nd Lieut, (now Capt.) A / Evans, M.C.; Pilot-OSr. (Hon. Flying-Offr.) G. P. Harding, M C • Fliuht-Lieut. E. W. Leggatt, M.C. (Wilts. R.) ; Lieut. S. G. Williams, M.C.' (Devon The Military Cross. Lieut. L. J. Bennett; Lieu:. T. B. Bruce; Lieut. S. E. Buckley (5th Northants) ;~Capt. (now Maj,) D. B. Gray (Ind. A.); Flying-Offr. D. W.Grinnell-Milne, D.F.C. (R. Fus.); Flight-Lieut. G. S. M. Insall, V.C.; Lieut. C. Kennard ; Flight-Lieut. G. F. Knight (R.W. SUIT.) ; Flying-Oflr. P. C. C.Martin (Can. Fid. Arty.) ; Sec. Lieut. P. A. O'Brien; Lieut. F. J. Ortweiler ; Lieut. S. S. B. Purves (Sco. H.); Flight-Ofir. (Hon. Flight-Lieut.) J. S.Poole, D.S.O. (K.R.R.C.) ; Flying-Offr. L. C. Russell (R. F's.); Flight-Lieut. L. D, Stewart, A.F.C. (R.G.A., T.F.); Flying Oflr. A. P. Taylor; Lieut.J. K. TuUis (R.F.A.); Lieut. L. A. Wingneld, D.F.C. (R.F's.). The Military Medal* 21293"Sergt. J- Dempsey, R.A.F.; 143510 A./C./H. H, Harvey, R.A.F.;46*09 Sergt. W. Hawkins, R.A.F.
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