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1920
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JUNE 24, 1920 "/I / RISMS FA OM THE FOUR. WINDS. Ark Royal, the early seagoing 'plane mother-ship, is partof the " precautions " present with the Mediterranean Fleet and First Battle Squadron in the neighbourhood of theBosphorus, in connection with the present activity of the Turkish Nationalist forces. THAT the crew and others on the Russian ice-breaker Solovei,stranded since March in the ice without necessaries, have now been rescued through the assistance of Britain and aNorwegian sister ice-breaker, the Sviatogor, is highly satis- factory. As there were two pilots with a brace of planes to play a part in welcoming to these shores such folk as " MissMary Pickford " and her husband, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks. So it was accepted as just in the ordinary course, the droppingfrom a seaplane and an aeroplane of roses and messages of greeting, attached to tiny parachutes, for the popular film-folk, as the Red Star liner, Lapland, steamed up South- ampton Water on Monday morning. -.'*•* _ -•.":- THERE appears to be some complication over those New- foundland air-post stamps referred to recently in these • •/•. Three-quarter front view of the latest British Nieuport racing machine, fitted with A.B.C. " Dragonfly which has been undergoing speed trials at Martlesham Heath motor, on board tfee Sviatogor, which left Vardo on June 9, it wouldbe still more satisfactory to us to learn that it was through the help of the aeroplanes in locating the stranded vesselthat such a speedy rescue was effected. As might have been anticipated, the aeroplane was sure columns. Mr. Douglas B. Armstrong, of Streatham, hastaken up the point raised, and writes a protest with reference to the letter, which we reproduced, from the late Postmaster-General of Newfoundland upon the subject, as follows : " Permit me to say that some alleged Raynham-Martinsydeair-post stamps were extensively advertised and sold in J WtM: The latest British Nieuport racing machine, as_seen from the side 672
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