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MARCH 3, 1921 Married p RICHARDS, late R.F.C., son of D. T. Richards, Esq., M.D., J.P., was married on February 5, at the British -Consulate, Casablanca, Morocco, to the Hon. Mrs. ROBERT FRENCH, widow of Col. the Hon. Robert French, and daughter of the late Hugh Mair. FRANCIS HARBROE SHAI.ES, R.A.F., was married on Feb- ruary 17, at Marylebone Parish Church to SYLVIA VIOLET, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. WARNER, St. Mary's, Win- chester. Lieut. ARTHUR JACK GRAHAM STYRAN, M.C., A.F.C., R.A., and R.A.F., son of the late Captain J. H. Styran, R.A., was married on February 15, at Mitford Parish Church, to VIOLET EDITH MITFORD, youngest daughter of Robert Osbaldeston-Mitford, Esq., of Mitford Castle, Northumber- land. Capt. WILLIAM RODNEY WINTERBOTTOM, late R.A.F., youngest son of Col. and Mrs. Winterbottom, of Aston Hall, Derby, was married on February 8, in Bermuda, to MARY, daughter of GIBSON WARD, Esq., of Bermuda. To be Married The marriage arranged between Maj. H. GRAEME ANDERSON, M.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S., Surgical Consultant to the Royal Air Force, of 75, Harley Street, W., and GLADYS, elder daughter of CHARLES HOOD of Hatch End, Middlesex, will take place on March 18, at St. Columba's (Church of Scot- land), Pont Street, S.W., at noon. The marriage arranged between Flying Officer JOSCELYN EDELSTEN, R.A.F., Amaza, Egypt, and Miss LILYAN GRACE SMITH, The Oaks, Burton-on-Trent, will take place in Cairo at the end of March. The engagement is announced between Flying Officer HAROLD WILLIAM GARDNER, R.A.F., only son of William John and the late Rosina Sophia Gardner nde Hanscomb). of Croydon, Surrey, and MURIEL JOYCE DURHAM, only daughter of the late George Emanuel Durham and Mrs. John Edward Summerneld (formerly Durham), also of Croydon, Surrey. An engagement is announced between ' Flying Officer KENNETH ALEXANDER MEEK, M.B.E., R.A.F., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Meek, of Hull, and grandson of the late Alexander Meek, of Goole, and MARY VICTORIA BIRD, second daughter of C. W. PEARCE, MUS.D. Cantab, and Mrs. PEARCE, of 18, The Vale, N.W. 2. The marriage of Mr. J. R. POTTER (late Major, R.A.F.) and Mrs. O. R. THOMAS will take place at St. Mark's Church, Surbiton, on Thursday, March 3. ^~. The engagement is announced between HENRY RAijra STANLEY, late of the Royal Warwickshire Regt. and R.A.F., elder surviving son of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Birkin, of Park House, Mapperley, Nottingham, and eldest grandson of Sir Thomas and Lady Birkin, of Ruddington Grange, Notts., and AUDREY CLARA LILIAN, younger daughter of Sir Thomas -ady LATHAM, of Crow Clump, Weybridge, Surrey. Items Air-Commodore ROBERT MARSLAND GROVES, C.B., D.S.O., of Two Gables, Penn Road, Beaconsfield, who was killed from the result of a crash in Egypt on May 27, son of the late James Grimble Groves, M.P., of Salford, Lanes., has left property of the value of -£35,977- Miss IMELDA MARY TRAFFORD, who was killed in the aeroplane smash at Hayes, Middlesex, last September, when four other people lost their lives, and who was the first lady to qualify for the Air Ministry " A " certificates issued to women pilots, left ^1,306. She was a grand-daughter ofthe seventh Baron Petre. THE COAN STEP-MAT AND SCRAPER ONE of the things which make all the difference to the appearance of any car is a step-mat, but, to be really effective, it must be properly made and fitted. These two conditions are easily met by the new aluminium step-mat and scraper which is being placed on the market by Mr. Robert W. Coan, of 219, Goswell Road, E.C. 1. Our sketch shows the general arrangement of the device, which consists of an aluminium frame, in the centre of which is a good-quality fibre mat. At each side there are half a dozen ridges, making most effective scrapers, any mud or road-dust falling into an open space beneath, whence it can be washed away easily, through spaces at the side, when the car is cleaned. It is almost needless to add that, coming from such an expert craftsman in the manipulation of this metal as Mr. Robert Coan. the aluminium frame is all that it should be ; the casting is faultless, and its appearance is enhanced by the fact that it is polished. It is attached to the running-board by two bolts and nuts, so that when necessary it may be easily removed for cleaning. The mat, which, as we have said, is of fibre, is specially made with the base a little larger than the " working " portion, so that while the latter comes The New Coan Aluminium Step-Mat and Scraper. through the frame the mat itself is held securely, by its edge, in the recess in the aluminium frame. The size is 18 inches by 8J inches, and as the retail price is only 25s. 6d., there should be a good demand for these fitments. Across the U.S. in Thirty-Three Hours. How the U.S. post office is consistently encouraging air- borne mails is exemplified in the latest feat under its auspices announced from New York. The test was to convey six sacks of mails from San Francisco to New York by aeroplane, and this was accomplished in an elapsed time of thirty- thiee hours. Letters were actually delivered to the addresses thirty-seven hours after they were posted on the other side of the American continent. The total distance, which was covered by relays of aero- planes, was 2,666 miles. The, actual flying time was twenty- five hours fifty-three minutes, and the average speed one hundred and three miles an hour. One of the pilots, Mr. Jack Knight, made a thrilling night flight from Cheyenne (Wyoming) to Chicago (eight hundred and thirty-nine" miles). Although he had never been over the ground before, he made the journey in perfect time without any mishap. On the way he made three landings in the dark to take up mail, flew "through three snowstorms, and frequently encountered fog. ; - "•: '.••-:• This latest feat of the air mail service surpasses all previous achievements. The quickest time hitherto recorded for trans-continental mail was seventy-two hours by a combina- tion of special mail train and aeroplanes. Before the introduction of aircraft on the Atlantic-Pacific mail route it took four and a half days for letters to travel from New York to San Francisco. . v Another Pacific Coast Flip IT is announced unofficially from Jacksonville, Florida, that Lieut. W. D. Coney has flown there from San Diego, California, a distance ai 2,079 miles in 22 hours 32 minutes actual flying time. .-%:,. ; Newfoundland for Air-Mail FROM St. John's the Post Office authorities announce the inauguration at an early date of an air-mail service in the north portion of the island. Only the usual postal rates are to be charged.
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