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MAY iO, i92"8 THE ROYAHS-AJR FORCE London Gazette, April 24, 1928 RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERSGeneral Duties Branch Flying Officer F. W. M. Mattthews is granted a commn. in Class A iii thisrank on resignation of his permanent commn. (April 18) ; E. C. L. Basan is granted a commn. in Class A.A. as Pilot Officer on probation (April 11) ;Pilot Officer M. T. Bromley is promoted to rank of Flying Officer (April 12) ; Pilot Officer on probation R. P. J. Radbourne is confirmed in rank (April 20) ;Flying Officer C. R. McMullin is transferred from Class C to Class A (March 31) ; Flight Lt. S. C. Harker is transferred from Class A to Class C (Feb. 19) ; Pilot Officer H. P. Wilson resigns his commn. in the Special Reserve on appoint-ment to a short-service commn. (April 2). Medical BranchFlight Lt. L. Game ceases to be employed with Regular Air Force (April 21). AUXILIARY AIR FORCEPrincess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service Matron Miss C. Cameron, R.R.C., is placed on the retired list (April 8).ERRATUM (Flight, April 19, 1928, page 275) : The rank of Pilot Officer \V. B. Causer is as now described and not as stated in the Gazette of April 13. ROYAI, AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force arenotified :— General Duties BranchWing Commander A. J. Miley, O.B.E., to H.Q., Coastal Area, for Air Staff duties, 1.5.28. Squadron Leaders : E. O. GrenfeU, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C., to No. 1 Sqdn.Tangmere, 19.3.28. W. Sowrey, D.F.C., A.F.C., to R.A.F. Practice Camp, Sutton Bridge, S.4.28. C. H. Elliott-Smith, A.F.C., to No. 504 SqdnHucknall, 23.4.28. Flight Lieutenants: A. McR. Moffatt, to R.A.F. Practice Camp, NorthCoates Fitties, 29.3.28. E. D. Davis, to R.A.F. Practice Camp, Weston Zoyland, 4.4.28. R. E. Meek, to No. 13 Sqdn.. Audover, 18.4.28. R H.Haworth-Booth, D.F.C. to No. 50i Sqdn., Hucknall, 26.3.28. G. R. O'Sullivan, to Sen. oi Naval Co-operation, Lee-on Solent, 27,4.28. A. GThackray, to No. 9 Sqdn., Manston, 2R.4.28. L. W. Jarvis, to'R.A.F. Depot, Uxbrijge, 12.4.28. \V. M. M. Hurley, to No. 4 Flying TrainingSchool, Egypt, 22.3.2S. Stores Branch Flying Officer H. J. Hunter, to R.A.F. Base, Gosport, 26.4.2S.A ccountant Branch Squadron Leader C. C. J. Croydon, to Electrical and Wireless School,Flowerdown, 2.5.28. Medical Branch Squadron Leader V. H. Young, M.B., to R.A.F. General Hospital, Iraq25.3.28. Squadron Leader [Denial) T. K. Place, to R.A.F. General Hospital, Iraq,7.4.28. Flight Lieutenant J, G. Russell, M.B., B.A., to R.A.F. Depot, Vxbridge,12.4.28. Flying Officers : G. W. McAleer, M.B., L. Freeman, and W. Heron, M.B.,to R.A.F. (General Hospital, Iraq, 25.3.28. E. P. Carroll and T. F. MoGovern, M.B., to R.A.F. Combined Hospital, Iraq, 27.3,28. TIME FLIES AT HALTON A VERY interesting event took place last month at Halton Camp. The Halton Debating Society, which has hitherto presented several straight plays, surpassed itself by pro- ducing an original musical comedy, " Time Flies." The entire cast was composed of Halton A.A.S., and all the scenery and " noises off " were made by them. The play was written and stage-managed entirely by members of the educational staff, and the music was composed by a local musician. The orchestra and dance band, conducted by the composer, played admirably. The first scene shows a dormitory in camp, just before lights out, and one of the three heroes is explaining his new invention—a time machine—after the style of that described by Mr. H. G. Wells in his well-known novel. Act II begins with the three intrepid adventurers travellling back through time. When 1588 is reached, the machine stops, and the adventurers have an exciting time in the old-world village of Wendover, where, being unable to explain their presence, they only just escape being pressed into Her Majesty's Army. The machine plunges into time again, and an amazingly varied series of events are witnessed and described before it again stops, this time at Stonehenge in 1928 B.C. The adventurers arrive in time to supply the need of a human for sacrifice, and one of their number, being captured, is only rescued by a melodramatic entry of the other two with revolvers. The time-machine, on being reversed, seems a little unruly, for it refuses to stop at A.D. 1928 and goes right on for another 100 years, plunging the trio into the home life of one of their own descendants. This awk- ward predicament is somewhat lost to sight under the marvels of wireless telephony and television. Among the scenes witnessed is the 1928 boat-race (taken by a special representa- tive sent for the purpose and shown by the standard Koda- . scope Projector). Even in the future, life is full of trouble, i •) j ..J 1* . W. i • •• *j 1 f *1BI j| FLYING INTO A.D. 2028 : The three adventurers fromHalton in their Time Flying machine see the wonders of 100 years hence. and the heroes hastily seek their machine, preferring the camp life of A.D. 1928 to any other period they have sampled. The plot is ambitious, but nothing seems too much for the R.A.F. The Debating Society (and especially the producer, Mr. A. C. Kermode) is to be most heartily congratulated on its wonderful achievement, which gave three hours' con- tinuous enjoyment both to their own fellows and the visitors. Time Flies at Halton : Some members of the Halton Debating Society, who pre- sented a success- ful and original comic opera, "Time Flies," last month. 333
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