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AUGUST 18, 1921 THE ROYAL London Gazette, August 9 Permanent Commissions. Stores BranchFlying Offr. H. E. T. Crocker is granted a permanent commn., retaining his present substantive rank and seny. ; June 17, 19.20. Short Service CommissionsThe follg. are granted short service commns. as Flying Offrs., with effect from, and with seny. of, the dates indicated, except where otherwise stated.—*F. J. E.Feeny, D.S.O. ; July 29. *J. M. McAlery ; July 27. A. J. Barlow, E. F. Hay- lock, A. D. Page, M.M. ; July 26. P. Wilson, M.C. ; July 18 (substituted forGazette, July 26). * These officers, previously substantive Flight Lieuts., will be placed at thehead of the list of Flying Officers, but junior to all officers similarly reduced in rank on the grant of permanent or short service commns. , •. • • .. . SecondingThe follg. Lieuts. (Army) are granted temp, commns. as Flying Offrs. on seconding for four years' duty with the R.A.F.—F. F. Inglis (Duke of Cornwall'sLI) J E V Lid (A d Sth'd H) R H Mil (Q' O RW y y g ( L.I.), J. E. V. Lindsey (ArR. and Suth'd. Hrs.), R. H. Miles (Queen's Own R.W.Kent R.) ; July 8. J. L. Hayward (R.A.F*.), A. G. Lawe (Lines. R.) ; July 13. P. N. Melitus (R. War. R.) ; July 18. R. W. H. Cook (R.G.A.); July 37.A P C H MC (C' ) Jl (R S Hr), . (Q ( War Ck (RGA)Jl. P. C. Hannay, M,C. (Cam'n. Hrs.) ; July 29. Flying BranchSec. Lieut. F. B. Stark is transfd. to the Unemployed List; Aug. 4. Sec. Lieut. G. R. Harrison is dismissed the service by sentence of General Court-Martial; Aug. 29, 1918. ^ ,., , AIR. FORCE Technical BranchGazette, April 13, 1920, respecting the relinquishment by Flying Offr. F. R. Wilkins of his grading for pay and allces. as Flight Lieut., is cancellzd. Maj.W. H. Bell is transfd. to the Unemployed List; July 5. MemorandaFive Cadets are granted hon. commns. as Sec. Lieuts., with effect from the . dates of their demobilisation.Sqdn. Ldr. H. A. R. Aubrey, O.B.E., M.C. (Maj., King's Shropshire L.I.) relinquishes his temp, commn. on return to Army duty (from S.O.) ; Aug. 1. London Gazette, August 12 ..' 1Permanent Commissions ' Group Capt. R. Gordon, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O,, is restored to the activelist from half-pay ; Aug. 16. Short Service Commissions Stores Branch.—D. J. Sherlock, is granted a short service commn. asPilot Officer on prob. for accountant duties ; July 4 (substituted for Gazette July 19).Flying Branch.—Gazette Jan. 13, 1920, relating to Lieut. W. J. Burr, M.C.,'"' D.C.M., M.M., is cancelled. Gazette March 4, 1919, relating to Sec. Lieut. E.H. Searle, is cancelled. Administrative Branch.—Lieut. O. V. Lee is transferred to the unemployedlist ; Aug. 3. Memoranda 1 -Two Cadets are granted hon. commns. as Sec. Lieuts. with effectf rom the dates of their demobilisation. One Canadian Cadet is granted a temp,commn. as Sec. Lieut., and relinquishes his commn. with permission to retain his rank. " , • • ...... . .... •\- Prizes for Air-Post Stamp Designs FOR a year or so it has been a continual query in FLIGHT as to when Britain is to have that air-post stamp series. As we have so often emphasised, such an issue would help very materially to popularise the air-post, and incidentally should bring in a decent revenue to the country. Others would appear to be now realising this, and it is, we are glad to notice, being advocated in several directions. A practical turn has been given to the suggestion by the Junior Philatelic Society, which is organising the forthcoming London Inter- national Stamp Exhibition in 1923. The society is offering a premium of twenty guineas to artists and others for a prize design for an aero stamp embodying " features characteristic of, or appropriate to, the British Isles." The size of the stamp designs when reduced must be approximately either 22^ by 18\ mm., or 22 by 38J mm., thasizes of the current British postage stamps. The inscription "lAir Mail " and the value in figures and words, " id." and " One Penny," are to be incorporated in the design. Those interested may obtain the full rules of this contest from the Hon. Secretary, London International Stamp Exhibition (1923), 44, Fleet Street, E.C. 4. Dutch Service Aircraft Markings IT is notified in Admiralty Orders that the markings of Dutch military and naval aircraft have been altered by Royal decree as- follows :—At the end of each wing (on the top side of the upper plane and the under side of the lower plane, and in the case of monoplanes on both sides of the plane), also on both sides of the body of the machine, the mark carried shall be a circle divided into three equal sectors, and a small concentric circle within them. The inner circle is to be orange coloured and the sectors of the outer circle are to be coloured successively red, white, and blue. These marks will be carried only by Dutch military aircraft ; the word " military " is here used in the sense of " non-civilian." Air-Parcels Post Charges Reduced IT is a move in the right direction that the Postmaster- General announces, in connection with the arrangements which were put in force on July n for the dispatch of parcels i by aeroplane to Paris, that reduced rates are in force as from August 17 on parcels handed in at any of the special accepting offices in London, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastlc- on-Tyne, Sheffield and Coventry. Owing, the P.M.G. states, to the reduction of the air company's charge for conveyance from Croydon to Paris, the new rates will be 3d. per lb. less than at present. The new scale will be as follows :— Up to 1 lb., is. 6d. ; 2 lb., 2s. 3d. ; 3 lb., 3s. 3d. ; 4 lb. 4s. ; 5 lb., 4s. grf. ; 6 lb., 5s. gd. ; 7 'lb., 6s. 6d. ; 8 lb., 7s. 3d. ; 9 lb., 8s. 3d. ; 10 lb., qs. ; 11 lb. 9s. gd. Further, on and from Wednesday next parcels sent by the aeroplane service will be delivered at the house of the addressee, on payment by him of the small extra charge usually made for such delivery, and will not, as has been the case hitherto, be retained at the air company's office in Paris for delivery only on application. In future therefore delivery should normally be made on the day of dispatch from London. All this spells progress, but .there is a long way still to go before the authorities reach the point at which they are encouraging aviation, as if they really wished it to make good. -:"'Cv;./.' .;-;. ".. -.. >'-." . ;\ _: " ' •,;'•.,- / .,.. Italian Flying Incident FROM Milan the Daily Telegraph correspondent, under date of August 14, states that an Italian aeroplane, making a daily postal service between Tripoli and Horns, was obliged to land owing to damage to the motor on the coast near Tagiura. Two officers and the two motormen on board the aeroplane were made prisoners by the Arabs. The aeroplane having been missed, a small gunboat, manned by Major Biagini and six sailors, was sent to reconnoitre along the coast. The aeroplane was discovered lying on the sands, and Major, Biagini landed with three armed sailors to search for the missing crew.. The prisoners were soon found locked in a hut near by, under the guard of seven Arabs. The Arabs, taken unawares, were ordered to lift up their hands and were made prisoners in their turn. The Italians, being thus set free, were supplied with a machine gun and left to watch the aeroplane until, a larger gunboat arriving, the aeroplane was removed. New Air Mail Service from Cairo to Baghdad ' THE new air route which was recently opened across the desert from Palestine to Mesopotamia is, it is officially notified, to play its part in the establishment of an air mail service which has been authorised between Cairo and Baghdad. This service will be operated by Royal Air Force aeroplanes, and is being undertaken as part of the training programme in the Middle East; it is to run fortnightly from August 1. For the present the service will be restricted to the conveyance of official Correspondence, and all Government Departments concerned have been invited to use it. Outgoing mails will be collected at two centres—London and Cairo. Those from London will be forwarded by the G.P.O. by ordinary transport to Egypt, the bags being handed over at Port Said by the captain of the steamer to a representative of the Royal Air Force. These, together with official despatches gathered together at Cairo, will be forwarded by air from the aerodrome at Heliopolis. The route which will be followed is :— Heliopolis-Ramleh, 260 miles ; Ramleh-Amman, 65 miles ; Amman-Kasr Azrak, 55 miles ; Kasr Azrak-Ramadie, 400 miles ; Ramadie-Baghdad, 60 miles. The total length of this line is 840 miles'. On arrival at Baghdad the bags will be handed over to the postal authorities for distribution. Correspondence from Mesopotamia to England and to Egypt will be handled in a similar manner. It is estimated that a saving of 10 to 14 days will normally be effected by this service, but in the meantime only duplicates of correspondence will be forwarded. 563
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