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1920
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AUGUST 19, 1920 mail services from New York to Washington and Chicago, for which the Post Office claims a considerable measure of success, and to the. forest patrols alluded to in the last report. A number of air transport companies, such as the North American Aerial Transportation Company, are being formed and aircraft exhibitions have been held. The only note- worthy achievement overseas has been the inauguration in« the Philippines of a daily mail service between Manilla, Fort Mills and Santa Cruz. An Aerial " Derby " round the world is now in course of organisation, and a special mission, composed of Commandant Beaumont and other prominent men, is touring the different countries for the purpose of making preliminary plans. The mission has already visited Japan, China, Dutch East Indies, and French Indo-China. Married HAMILTON BLOFELD, M.C., late R.A.F., second surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Blofeld, " The Woodlands," Sydenham Hill, was married on August 12 at St. Martin's, East Woodhay, to GRACE SYBIL, only daughter of. Mr. FRANK SWEETLAND, of " The Grove," East Woodhay. To be Married A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Captain J. M. GLEN, M.C., R.A.F., and Miss GRACE CAUNTER, elder daughter of Brigadier-General J. E. Caunter, C.B., C.B.E., and Mrs. Caunter, of Trevoria, Torquay. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place shortly at Bombay, between Capt. H. R. CLARKE, A.F.C. (late R.A.F.), youngest son of the late H. R. Clarke and Mrs. Clarke, of Cotham, Bristol, and SYBIL, youngest daughter of the Hon. R. and Mrs. TOLLEMACHE, of Hove, Sussex. The engagement is announced of HAROLD GARDINER HILL, M.B., M.R.C.P., late Major R.A.F., M.S., eldest son of Hugh Gardiner Hill, of Pentillie, Leopold Road, Wimbledon, and NANCY ELIZABETH JACKSON, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jackson, of Waterfoot, Heaton, Bolton. The engagement is announced of Capt. A. E. LINDON, R.A.F., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lindon, of 26, Wray Crescent, N., and ROVENA MAY, youngest daughter of the late WILLIAM BROWN, of Blenheim House, Bullingdon Road. Oxford. Items Dr. H. S. HELE-SHAW, Harrison Professor of Engineering in University College, Liverpool, 1886-1903, and in the uni- versity from 1903-4, has been elected Emeritus Professor of Engineering in the University of Liverpool. Capt. (retired) MURRAY F. SUETER has been promoted to Rear-Admiral (retired). Nursing Service Badges NEW patterns of uniform and hat badges for the R.A.F. Nursing Service have been approved as under :— For Wear with Outdoor Uniform.—Winged Caduceus of Mercury badge, surmounted by a crown, made in " all gilt," to be worn (a) on the lapel of the Norfolk coat, the bottom edge of the badge to be 1 in. above the inner end of the step opening on the collar of the coat, and the staff of the badge to be parallel to the inside edge, and midway between the inside and outside edge of the collar ; (b) on the shoulder cape, the staff of the badge to be placed diagonally on the front corners of the cape, midway between the point of the cape and the turn of the band. For Wear with Mess Dress.—Winged Caduceus jof Mercury badge, as for wear with outdoor uniform, but with silver wings worn as at (6) above. The above patterns of badges will be adopted as from September 1, 1920, and in the meantime badges of the old pattern should not be made. The new pattern badges can be seen on application to E.4.C., Air Ministry, W.C. 2, The R.A.F.N.S. metal badges and black mohair bow in front of the hat have been abolished, and, instead, the members of the R.A.F.N.S. will wear the same hat badges as officers of the R.A.F. with a plain black mohair band. The Prince's Mail by Air THE Australian Postmaster-General and the Minister of Defence co-operated in arrangements for aeroplanes to take the delivery of incoming English mails for the Prince of Wales at Port Augusta, the eastern terminal of the trans-continental railway, and convey them direct to Sydney. This was done to render the mails available for the Royal party on the day that the " Renown " left. Back from the Sea A RELIC of the War wa& landed at Lowestoft on Monday by the steam trawler "Encore" in the shape of a Rolls- Royce engine and propeller, which it had trawled up near Cromer Knoll. They evidently formed part of a British aeroplane, and from their appearance it is thought that they had been in the water about three years. The " L 72 " Over Paris IN the course of her voyage from Maubeuge to the French naval air station at Cuers-Pierrefeu, near Toulon, on the 10th inst., Parisians had a fine view of the " L 72," the Zeppelin surrendered by Germany to France. The airship rose at Maubeuge at 535 a.m. and four hours later was over Paris. Lyons was reached in another five and a half hours, the stage to Marseilles took two and a half hours, and at 6.15 p.m. the vessel cruised over Toulon. A quarter of an hour later the airship was above Cuers, but owing to the strong wind it was decided to stay aloft all night and land in the morning. Naval Lieut. Plessis was in command, and the crew included four other officers, ten petty officers, eight mechanics, and three passengers invited by the Minister of Marine. The R.E.P. Litigation JUDGMENT was given in the Paris Courts on Aug. 14 in four appeals by French constructors against the garnishee obtained by M. Esnault-Pelterie on sums owing to them by the French Government. The J udge decided that M. Esnault- Pelterie must, to a certain extent, be regarded as a creditor of the firms in question, in view of the decisions, regarding his patents covering the " joy-stick," already given by the Courts, but that the amounts which he was entitled to garnisnee, from the sums owing by the State, must be reduced to more reasonable figures in view of the evidence produced. In the case of M. Gabriel Borel, the Judge ordered that the amount held in suspense under the garnishee order should be reduced from 138,000 francs to 55,000; in the case of MM. Farman Freres, from 1,250,000 to 400,000; in that of the Morane-Saulnier company from 5,000,000 francs to 2,000,000; and of Caudron Freres from 8,000,000 to 3,200,000 francs. In the Breguet case the judge on August 10 ordered that the amount earmarked should be reduced from 16,000,000 to 4,000,000 francs. The Disappearance of Mdlle. Bolland TWICE Mdlle. Bolland has caused some anxiety by her exploits. On August n she set out from St. Inglevert for Croydon, but landed at L° Crotoy, and apparently did not report for two days. Starting from Brussels on Sunday last she was again reported missing, and on Monday afternoon she landed at Issy, but no details are to hand as to what happened. Germans and Chile ' IT is stated that a German civil mission is going to Chile shortly, with a view to entering into negotiations regarding the establishment of a commercial aviation service between Valparaiso and Santiago. 915
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