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competitors are down for a try to lift the trophy. All threeare live entries, and we only hope there will not be an absentee at the crossing of the line. WITHOUT wishing to unduly criticise the wisdom of thedecision of the Allies in insisting upon the destruction of vast quantities of enemy war material, much of which, althoughcreated for aggressive purposes, has still a high potential value for peaceful application, we cannot help thinking that thereshould be reasonable exceptions to the wholesale scrapping of useful items which have absorbed so much human time andenergy in the dark days of the War. There is little that excites our sympathy with the instigators of the great conflict, butwe must confess that a fairly good reasoning appears to be behind the workers at Kiel in the demand for a halt inneedlessly smashing-up motors capable of adaptation for after- War industrial purposes. It is a case rather, we think, forhanding over to one of the Allies or otherwise. In this con- nection, according to the Zwoelf Uhr Blatt, the Workers'Council (Betrieberat) of the Imperial Dockyards at Kiel has issued a manifesto to the men stating that the Entente de-mands the destruction of the 230 aeroplane motors which are still in the dockyards, and that each motor representstoday the value of many thousands of marks. " The entire Workers' Council," adds the manifesto, " appeals to you notto bear a hand in this act of capitalistic insanity. We are prepared to destroy instruments of murder, but in the presentcase every guarantee has been given that the motors would only be used for purposes of civilisation. The Workers'Council expects you to display complete solidarity, and refuse compliance with any orders to destroy the motors." "WARNING is issued by the Air Council to pilots flying betweenLondon and Paris and over Northern France that the burning Air Work in Mesopotamia . *THE following was issued by the War Office on August 26: " The situation in Mesopotamia, according to reports datedthe 24th, continues quiet. Aeroplane reconnaissance on the Lower Euphrates reported no hostile movement. . .Our aeroplanes inflicted over eighty casualties on a hostile concentration near Bakuba. Many of the tribesmen in thisarea are returning to their homes." It was stated by the War Office on August 28 that" the situation on the Shatt-el-Hai (wluch runs from Kut to the Euphrates) is reported critical, and the Political Officerat Shathreh (35 miles north of Nasiriyeh) is being withdrawn by aeroplane to Nasiriyeh."An Air Raid in Persia ON August 26, reports The Times correspondent at Teheran,British aeroplanes from Kasvin, after several days of enforced inactivity owing to cloudy weather, made a successful bombraid on Enzeli Harbour,, two direct hits on oil boats being observed. It was observed that the shipping in the harbourhad increased, but whether the Azerbaijan Republic was determined to continue reinforcing or was endeavouring toevacuate the troops and stores was not clear. . An Attack on Raisuli THE natives report that Raisuli's stronghold at Tazeraut,in the Beni Aros mountains, was bombarded by Spanish aero- planes during the early part of last week, reports The TimesTangier correspondent. They state that a few houses in the village were destroyed, a few villagers wounded, and some ofRaisuli's horses and mules killed. One bomb fell in a small garden in which Raisuli was seated,but did not explode. Further bombardments are reported later in the week, but no details have been received."R.32" over London COMPARATIVELY few Londoners saw the " R.32 " on August27, when she paid a surprise visit in the course of a 24-hour trip by way of training for the American crew who are totake over the " R.38." The " R-32," which had started from in Yorkshire, cruised over London from a south-easterlydirection, and after circling above the Crystal Palace returned the same way. "*•A Fatality in Ireland WHILE an aeroplane piloted by L^eut. Norm*n B. Dim-mocks, R.A.F., was flying over the aerodrome at Castlebar on August 28, it crashed, and Major H. F. Chads, M.C., 2ndBorder Regiment, who was a passenger, was killed, and Lieut. Dimmocks was badly injured.Sinn Feiners and Stranded Machine FROM a report to hand from Cork it seems that theSinn Feiners can at least claim to have been responsible for 2, 1920 of cordite is taking place at Dannes, five miles north of EtaplesFrance (latitude 500 36'o"N.; longitude i° 37' o" E.). Owing to the resultant air pockets set up, aircraft should avoid theneighbourhood. A further notice will be issued when the operations have ceased."It is gratifying to note that there is such a thoughtful Angel sitting up " aloft," in the form of our authorities, watchingover the welfare of users of the air ocean. It is these little but highly important items which all make for " Safety First "in the air. . . " AN unexploded anti-aircraft shell was unearthed by aworker on the Norbury Housing Estate of the Croydon Corporation." Evidently infected with the " ca' canny "microbe. ALTHOUGH there probably are not many left just now whoderive much income from aviation, it may be worth noting that a really valuable, concise and clear " tabular view " ofthe Income Tax octopus from 1842 to 1921 is now available at the modest cost of one shilling. Published by Oliver andBoyd, of 33, Paternoster Row, this compilation is the most practical summary of the Income Tax payer's troubles wehave ever seen. In fact it sets out the whole business in such clear form that for the first time we have, personally, beenable to follow the ramifications of this ghastly life-sucking parasite of civilisation. Its study may well repay those evenwith the most modest income. By way of instance, we handed our copy over to a friend for five minutes whilst hewas waiting. By the end of that time he returned it with thanks, saying he believed from it he had discovered a possiblerebate to which he was entitled for past years. Later we learnt that he had—amounting to several hundred pounds !Verb. sap. ! the destruction of a British aeroplane. It appears thatowing to engine trouble the machine had to descend between Fermoy and Lismorc. The officer in charge was about toproceed to Ballyduff telegraph office to summon assistance from Fermoy, when he and the pilot were attacked by dis-guised men, to whom they had to surrender, the aeroplane being set on fire. The Zeppelin Hangars at Tondern FROM Berlin it is reported that the members of theDemobilisation Committee, after their recent inspection of the Zeppelin hangars at Tondern, fixed the price for them at23 million marks. Denmark has been asked if she would like to take them, and in the event of the reply being in thenegative, they will be dismantled and brought to England. A Trans-Canada Race A PROPOSAL has been made by the Canadian Air Boardfor a flight from Halifax to Vancouver, a distance of 2,800 miles. Half the distance is to be covered by aeroplane andhalf by seaplane. It is proposed that the flight should be carried out toward the end of September. More Aeroplanes for Poland ? ACCORDING to the Polish Information Bureau, a telegramfrom Warsaw, dated August 23, says that Sir Reginald Tower has informed the State Council of Danzig that eight ,railway cars, containing aeroplanes for Poland, en route for Poland, have been detained in Danzig. The Burgomaster,Dr. Sahm, proposed to the Assembly to reply to the High Commissioner to the effect that, in view of Danzig's neutrality,the State Council would not intervene. Mdlle. Bolland Crosses the ChannelAT her third attempt, on August 25, Mdlle. Bolland succeeded in flying across the Channel on her Caudron,but pwing to engine trouble had to land at Westenhanger. She started from Le Crotoy and intended to fly to Croydon. . Paris to Constantinople STARTING from Paris one day last week, a Farman Goliath,after a flight of 15 hours, landed atBejania, on the Save, close to Belgraoe. Continuing its flight, it flew by way of Sofia toConstantinople. Monoplane Stolen from Pau SOME consternation was caused at the Pau aerodromein the south of France last week, when a Morane-Parasol monoplane disappeared. It is alleged that it was flown offby a British pilot, who landed it at San Sebastian in Spain. Ihe French consul seized the machine, and telegraphed for apilot to fly it back (to Pau. There is no news as to whathappened to the pilot who took it to San Sebastian.. 960
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