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Vickers, was on board the Ostend boat which met with suchterrible weather recently, and it was only by the greatest effort that he managed to hold his wife and himself in safety. Indoing so he had three ribs broken and injured his leg, while Mrs. Jullerot also sustained an injured leg. By a sad coin-cidence his brother-in-law was drowned the same day in the tragic wreck of the-Afrigue, the French liner which went downwith over 500 persons. The sympathies of his many friends will be extended to Mr. Jullerot on this bereavement and onhis own unlucky experiences. IT is an axiom that Coan casts clean crank-cases, but itmay not be known so generally that Coan champions charming Clacton. Little wonder, therefore, the wise ones of thatsunny borough have elected Mr. C. C. C. Coan to the, amongst other prominent local positions, Presidentship of their Ad-vancement Association. Last week Mr. Coan more than justified their choice when he took the chair at the GrandHotel at a very remarkable gathering of the town-folk sup- ported by a goodly number of prominent London men, togive a post-War restart to the Association in its efforts to let the attractions of sunny Clacton be more generally known,and thereby afford those in search of health a chance of ap- preciating one of the finest health tonics in the world. Noresort in England could probably surpass, and very few could equal, the wonderful and invigorating air of Clacton-on-Sea.It is life itself. And in the Clacton of today, with its winter gardens and band-stand arrangements, it would be difficultto name a more delightful end to the objective of a week-end run, whether it be spring, summer, autumn or winter. Withthe Grand Hotel to put up at and to be welcomed by genial host Mr. Harry Grant, is an experience in itself. This factmust have been evident to the many visitors who joined in the gathering presided over by Mr. Coan. FortunatelySir H. W. Thornton, the very live chief of the Great Eastern Railway, was able to be present, and he was so favourablyimpressed that he pledged himself to specially consider the just claims of the Clacton Advertisement Association toimprove even still more the generous railway service which it is found possible to run, even through the winter months.So we wish Mr. Coan and his honorary co-workers well in their efforts. So kindly and thoughtful a manufactureras C. C. C. Coan is not encountered every day of the week. And so it comes about that the exhilaration ofthe Clacton air has so established the sound health of C. C. C. C. and his'n that he must needs extend the benefitsto his employees, by establishing shortly in the district a branch of his well-known foundry, 1 hereby giving his menboth employment and something worth living for. H £3 H 13 Recent Developments in Aviation THE next lecture in the series, arranged by the London County Council for teachers, on " Recent Developments in Science," will be by Mr. F. Handley Page, C.B.E. It will be given at King's College, Strand, W.C. 2, on Saturday, Feb- ruary 28, 1920, at 11 a.m., and the chair will be taken by Sir Arthur Duckham, K.C.B., M.I.C.E.H.P. London-Paris and Brussels Air Services ON the Handley Page London-Paris and Brussels Air Services between September 2, 1919, and January 29, 1920, 924 passengers and 43,412 lbs. of freight have been carried over a distance of 65,293 miles. , - . . H.P. W. 8 Flies from ParisON January 22, the new model Handley Page commercial aeroplane, Type W. 8, which was exhibited in the recent ParisSalon, returned to London by way of the air. In flying to and from the Exhibition, it accomplished an unique perform-ance, as, we understand, it had only carried out one short test flight of 20 minutes before it made its flight to Paris in2 hrs. 10 min. . .-.-«. • . British Aviators in Warsaw ACCORDING to the Polish information Committee, the Handley Page aeroplane newly arrived in Warsaw by air, in response to an invitation from the Polish National Aeronautic Society, has been making exhibition flights in the presence of the Ministers and diplomats. After the flights the British aviators, Captains Herne and McNaught Davis, and Lieu- tenants Wilcox and Capps, the special representative of the Handley Page firm, Mr. Richard, and the members of the organising committee of the Polish National Aeronautic Society, were entertained to dinner at the officers' mess in the military flying headquarters by the Inspector-General of the Army Air Forces. The British Minister was present at the dinner, during which speeches were made noting the friendly relations between Poland and Great Britain. The British flying men were presented by General Macewicz with the distinctive decorations of the Polish Air Forces. FEBRUARY 5, 1920 COMPANY MATTERS Mann, Egerton and Co., Ltd. THE report of Mann, Egerton and Co. for the year ended September 30, 1919, states that the net profits, after charging all interest on loans, debentures, etc., and after making provision for depreciations and for doubtful debts, but before making any allowance for excess profits duty, amount to ^56,170, which, with the sum brought forward, ^11,265, less interim dividend on preference shares, £3,133, makes a total of ^64,302. The directors recommend a dividend of 40 per cent, on 30,000 ordinary shares, carrying forward, subject to excess profits duty, £48,684. Since the close of the financial year the share capital has been reorganised, and the company has been converted from a private to a public company. Additional ordinary shares to the nominal amount of £30,000 were issued as a bonus out of the reserves, and an issue of 8 per cent, cumulative preference shares was made to the public in December last and was over-applied for. NEW COMPANY REGISTERED KNIGHT AND KENDALL, LTD., 134, High Road, New Southgate, N.—Capital £10,000, in £1 shares. Ironfounders, engineers, manufacturers of and dealers in sea and air planes and parts thereof and motor cars, etc. First directors : J. S. Knight, J. P. Kendall, A. H. Smith, Dr. A. S. Ran- some, H. Hudson, Capt. E. Lasson and F. W. Briggs. E3 H B H AERONAUTICAL PATENTS PUBLISHED Abbreviations :—cyl. = cylinder; I.C. = internal combustion; m.= motors APPLIED FOR IN 1916 The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. Published February 5, 1920 • 13,188. Soc. ANON. ASTRA. Valves for balloons. (101,488.) APPLIED FOR IN 1918 The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. Published February 5, 1920 4,688. C. J. H. M. KENNEDY and T. W. K. CLARKE. Tail planes. (137,341.) APPLIED FOR IN 1919 The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. Published February 5, 1920 4,280. S. E. SAUNDERS. Interplane struts. (137,411.) 5,506. A. BETTICA. Multiple bomb for aeroplanes. (133,936.) 6,462. E. E. SMITH. Parachutes. (137,429.) 9,173. S. J. GAMMELL. Method of assisting pilots to alight. (137,445.) 21,033. R. J. L. MOINEAU. Landing-carriages. (133,294.) ; 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 xlv, xlvi, xlvii and xlviii). 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