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office or offices for which it is destined not later than it would have arrived had it been sent by train. For each trip, in excess of 10 per cent, of the schedule trips in a month, on which the mail is delayed beyond the time it would have arrived had it gone by train, twice the pro rata pay of the uncompleted portion of the trip may be deducted. For repeated delinquencies, enlarged penalties proportionate to the nature of the delinquency and the importance of the mail may be deducted. There are other conditions as to arrival to schedule time for the issue by carrier and penalties for lack of diligence on the part of the contractor. Also, penalties are provided for allowing mails to become wet or damaged, or to suffer loss through depredations while in the custody of the contractor, but these are JULY 29, 1920 all ordinary provisions of a precautionary character, such as any reasonable tenderer would expect to find in his contract. The main point that appeals to us is, as we have said, the manifest willingness of the United States Post Office to make due and fair allowance for the possible shortcomings of a method of transport which is on its trial, and the lack of a tendency to exact too stringent penalties in case of failure through causes which are beyond the control of the contractor. At the same time, the conditions are drawn with a due regard to the safety of the mails and the convenience of the public. They may not be ideal throughout, but they are certainly con- ceived in a broad - minded manner, and are as elastic as is right in the case of a public service. R.A.F Officers' War Medals THE Secretary of the Air Ministry announces that Medal Rolls of those who have qualified for the British War and Victory Medals are in course of preparation. Demobilised and invalided officers of the Royal Air Force are requested to write to the Secretary (S.7 Medals), Air Ministry, Kingsway, W.C.2, as soon as possible for the necessary form of application, in order that their claims may be considered. Medal Rolls in the case of airmen are being prepared from their documents at the Royal Air Force Record Office, and no application on their part is necessary. Another Zepp. Surrendered QUIETLY and without any preliminary announcement the " L.64," the second and smaller Zeppelin to be surrendered by Germany to Great Britain under the Peace Treaty, arrived at Pulham on July 22. Leaving Ahlorn at 9.30 p.m. the pre- vious day the airship-had to make her way through heavy rain and against a strong wind. Crossing the British coast at the Wash, she reached Pulham at 7.15 a.m., and made a perfect landing, the 400 soldiers hauling down the big ship quite easily. The vessel was in charge of the German captain and crew of 21 which had brought over the " L.71." The " L.64," which was designed for high altitude bombing, is 640 ft. long, and is fitted with five 260 h.p. engines. Her gross lift is said to be approximately 60 tons, and she has a range of about 4,000 miles at a cruising speed of about 45 m.p.h. The surrendered airship was received by the Air Commodore in charge of Howden station, the officer in charge at Pulham, and representatives of the Air Ministry. It appears that on the way over the wireless aerial was lost, but with the aid of an improvised aerial communication was maintained with Pulham throughout the voyage. King Albert's Aeroplane THE aeroplane presented by the Handley Page Co. to King Albert of Belgium some time ago, and which has been re-fitted to King Albert's requirements, was flown on July 23 from the Handley Page Aerodrome, Cricklewood, to Brussels, under the charge of Maj. Foote. The machine, a two-seater Bristol fighter, has been tastefully upholstered and fitted with an automatic folding desk, in addition to a set of drawers roomy enough to carry the King's personal travelling effects. The exterior has been finished in the best style of the coach- maker's art, with the Belgian Crown and the initial " A " emblazoned on the side of the machine. A Rolls-Royce Falcon engine is fitted, and the aeroplane has been tested up to a speed of 122 miles per hour at an altitude of 5,000 ft. The Relief of Rumeitha IN his statement in Parliament dealing with the relief of the Rumeitha garrison on the Lower Euphrates, Mr. Churchill said the relief force on July 19 encountered strong opposition about 4 miles north-west of Rumeitha. He went on : " The enemy were bombed and machine-gunned by aeroplanes with effect, and were observed to suffer many casualties. The enemy during the night evacuated their position and retired to an embankment 1,000 yards south. The column, continuing its advance on the 20th, passed through the evacuated positions, and parties of the enemy retiring hastily were pursued by the troops and bombed and machine-gunned from the air. On the afternoon of the 20th the relief column reached Rumeitha with very little resistance. The garrisonabout which so much anxiety was felt is now relieved." Aerodromes and Landing Grounds As Notice to Airmen No. 81, the Air Ministry has issued a list of aerodromes and landing grounds which are available for civil aircraft, corrected up to July 1, 1920. The list is too long to reproduce in FLIGHT, but copies may be obtained or consulted at the Air Ministry, Kingsway, W.C. 2. R.A.F. in Mesopotamia IN a written answer to a question by Lieut-Col. Bur- goyne on July 26, as to the number of troops in Mesopotamia, Mr. Churchill said " There are two squadrons of the Royal Air Force, and an additional squadron is in the process of formation at Basra. The senior Royal Air Force officer is responsible to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for carrying out any air operations required. Proposals to increase the number of squadrons of the Royal Air Force in Mesopotamia and reduce the military garrison are being considered, but I cannot say at present when a decision will be reached." . Seaplane v. U. Boat IN the Prize Court on Tuesday, the President (Sir Henry Duke), in awarding the sum of ^150 for the destruction of the German submarine U.C.70 said this was one of the most efficient services of the War, and one of the most striking. Lieut. Walter Thomas Arthur Bird, D.S.O., in.command of H.M.S. Oise on August 28, 1918, said that off Kettleness, with H.M. Seaplane 9983, under Lieut. Edmund Francis Waring, D.F.C., R.A.F., pilot, the German submarine U.C.70 was crippled by bombs and depth charges, and all her crew of thirty destroyed. Divers salved parts of the submarine. The seaplane, by Very lights, located through the engagements the positions of the submarines. Lieut. Parer's Misadventures ILL-LUCK continues to follow Lieuts. Parer and Mclntosh in their endeavours to fly to Australia. They had hoped to arrive at Port Darwin on July 27, but a message from Batavia states that when landing at Grisseek on the morning of July 24, the pilot failed to notice a beam on one side of the ground. The machine tipped up on her nose, and was seriously damaged, the propeller being smashed. Another U.S. Airship Wrecked THE airship section of the U.S. Navy is having an unlucky time. The C. 10—of the Blimp type—which had a naval crew and three newspaper correspondents on board, while following the race between Shamrock and Resolute on July 21, fell from a height of 1,000 ft. into Jamaica Bay land was com- pletely wrecked. No one was injured. A Lake Discovered in Panama -,v _ ••..- , In the course of a reconnaissance flight recently two U.S. military aeroplanes belonging to the 7th Aero Squadron reported having seen a lake in the mountains north of Anton, R.P. The lake is not shown on any maps, and is the first freshwater lake to be discovered in Panama; it is located about 15 miles west of Chame Bay and 8 miles from the Pacific Coast. .'...-.• ' . •.-*-••-.- --.•..-•-. •-•-• — ; ••"•.'• '--.•;. •:-..••_-„•. -if?- .•--•..:••••-..; , < .Aviation in Peru ANNOUNCEMENT has been made of the establishment of the first civilian commercial aviation school at Lima, an American-Peruvian company having been formed, with a capital of £10,000. Three pilots and eight Curtiss 'planes have already arrived, and work on the aerodrome has begun # 830
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