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Scottish Air-Mail Letter
The Drama in Scotland Reorganisation
Scottish Police: Prince of
Colonel of Scots Fusiliers: Light- house in Firth of Clyde. Chinese in Glasgow
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colour and deft needle-work, and it is worth noting that the work is moderately priced
THE SERVICES
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(Special Att-Mkil.. Sarvioe);
London, Dec. 20. The appointment of Captain Herbert Pott, MV.O., to the Naval Intelligence Division, which was announced in "The Times" on December 7. is understood to be for temporary service. Such an appointment is often the prelude to duty as a Naval Attache and the next vacancy in this service should occur in Italy, as Captain R. Ramsay completes threa years as Naval Attache at Rome next April.
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BARBIE'S SCOT Edinomgn, December 20." Is not hus ocot the same that
POLICE REORGANISATIONËS appears so frequently in the pages of Punen, in the Aberdeen joke, The proposals for reorganizing and in the songs of Lauder the Scottish police forces are bas- ed on the fact that in these days ning of ridicule? I think it is.”
Captain Pott, who entered the That point regarding Sir James of high mobility the crimmal's Navy in 1901 served during the Barrie's portraiture of the Scot radius of movement is apt to be war as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral the In- was the feature in Mr John Bra much wider than that of the Sir Archibald Moore in dane's wireless talk last night burgh or county police force. vincible in the North Sex and the on "The Drama in Scotland.". From that point of view the 3p-King "Alfred' on the Madeira- He considered that Barrie saw propriate remedy a national cent Canaries Station. From November. his Scots across a temperament; ralisation, but there are obvious 1916, he was executive "officer in modified by a long association | objections to divorcing the police the cruiser Carolme; and after the with the London viewpoint. completely from local control! The Armistice accompanied her captain For four centuries, he said, the Consolidation in The number (now Vice-Admiral O. E. Leggett) shadow of the kirk steeple tell of forces is to be greatly reduced, to the New Zealand when that ship Jelucoe on bla rather darkly over Scotland, re- and the administration of each conveyed Lord tarding the development of drama: will be to the hands of combined mission to the Dominions.
During the last 60 years four local authorities. The co-opera- commander from 1820 he "makars" had essayed drama. tion which modern conditions de-executive officer of the Calcutta, These were Neil Munro, R. L. Ste-jimand will be much easier to make fagship in the West: dies; the
Thurïderer,
the cadets" "ship; venson, J. M. Barrie, and James effective between 14 forces than
Hawkins flagship in China; and Bridle.
L-between 48...
the Royal yacht Victoria and Al- NEW LIGHTHOUSE SYSTEM
bert. He was promoted to captain A new form of lighting appar in December, 1927, and has since atus has been stalled at Toward been, Flag-Captain in the Mediter Lighthouse, in the Firth of Clyde, ranean Flotillas and Naval Member marking a complete departure of the B.N.V.R: Committee. in conjunction with W. E Henley, from the systems at present in but only one, Deacon Brodie," use in all big lighthouser
Neil Munro had made one entry. with Macpherson" in 1908, and [ found the glare of the stage too strong for the retiring mood of his genius.
Stevenson - wrote his four plays
As a
vas
dealt with Scots life and character. The original systems of obtainé NAVAL APPOINTMENTS
Bridle was the youngesting a beam "MENTS Of D
of the makara There was a set- behind the light was substi-The following appointments were
immense variety of character in tuted more than three-quarters of made by the Admiralty on Saturs This plays, and he gave humour, a century ago by the method of day
Surga Cars-6. R. Johnston, to tragedy, and trony especially glass prisms and lerises on the trony! But how much kindliness dioptris system, which has since President for Naval Medical School, was throughout all. He was a been generally in vogue;" and hit-Greenwich (Jan. 2); H. R. B. Hull realist to the backbone.
herto it has not been thought to President of course (Jan. 3): J. Mr Brandane thought they possible that the mirror system 18. Elliot, M.B.. to Greenwich (Jan. should bring to life again "The would ever be revived, owing to 6; C. M. B. Thatcher, M.B., to Scottish Repertory Theatre of the apparent difficulty of develop-Hood (Jan. 29); A. H. Harkins, Glasgow Citizen Theatre," which ing it to become as powerful and M.B. to Iron Duke (Dec. 29); C. E. Greeson, MD., to Tamar for started with a capital of. £1000 in exelent as the dioptric system.
Singapore Naval Base (Jan. 6); Now, however, a mirror system and G. L. Ritchie, MC, MB, to 1909.
The Arst year's loss was 23000; not only equal to bat exceeding Furious (Dec. 23) and to Victory the second year's loss £1500: the in power the present method, bag for RNB (Dec. 30)... third year's £300; and the fourth been designed by the well-knowż Captain.-M. J. C. de Merle, year's £125. In the afth year engineers Messrs. Charles A. Ste-MLV.D., to President, for duty inside there was a profit of £780. Then venson and D. Alan Stevenson, and Admiralty, March 7, and the war broke out and the Gla- consists of glass mirrors, each of Assistant Director of Naval Equip gow. Repertory came to an end... 16 square feet reflecting surface ment, March 14,
It had done something to sti- formed with "the large focal dis- mulate an interest in Scottish tance of one metre."
These mirrors, made by the tur drama, but its chief end' was the production of great masterpieces. bine and telescope, manufacturing He was optimistic regarding the firm of Newcastle, Messrs. C. A. future of Scottish drama.
Parsons and Co., Ltd, have now CHINESE DISPLAY IN GLASGOW been installed at Toward Light
house, and give a beam a hundred There is in the MLellan Galler- times as powerful as the old me- les. Glasgow. Just now a fascinat-thod, while the new system is also Barham fig collection of Chinese objects claimed to be much more econo- d'art, needlework, and Ungerie.mical
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Instr.-Lt. Cmdr. Gunn, MA, E.Sc. to Orion, on commg., Jan. 17. Sub-Lts. B. Yates, to Achilles; LB. Curgenren, to Rodney; J. 8. W. Walsham, to Iron Duke; A N. Picton, to Malaya; J. C. Pearson, and J. G. Cannon, to York; C. L Yorke, to Adventure; R. Winter- Evans, to Cornwall; J. G. Little, to R. R. Lambert, tó Renown; FT. Jones, to Neptune; D. J. Hoare, to London; and R. H N. Johnston, to Orion, January. 3.
Că, Gonner---E! Archer to Frobisher, Dec. 13,
Surgn. Cdrs-S. R. Johnston, to Barham, Jan, 11.
Many of the exhibits are of great This is the second revolution in age, as, for instance, a brasa anghthouse methods introduced on cestral tablet scheduled asbe the Clyde recently, as three years longing to the Wet dynasty, and ago the first "talking beacon, therefore 2000 years old. Equally which gives to ships by means of Senior Master-A Dicker, to ancient are two examples of China gramophone record and a wire-President, for Naval Medical ese "cash,” circular coins five in less transmitter their position re-School, Greenwich, Jan. 2, HR, B. ches in diameter of carved, heavy lative to the lighthouse was in Hull, to President, for course; Jan metal KAL
stalled on the island of Cumbrae 3: 3.8. Elliot, MB., to Greenwich,
THE PRINCE AS "A SCOTS...
FUSILIER
On display are some very lovely china and porcelain, particularly the beautifully painted statue of a Chinese woman, which has pre- served its delicate colour through the centuries Marvels of intri cate workmanship are shown in the collection of carved Ivories, which includes a set of the Eight Immortals carved out of three inch points of elephant tusks Figures In-jade and amber, Ming yases, and ancient brasses are in cluded in the collection.
Jan. 6; C. M. R. Thatcher, MB., to Hood, Jan. 29; A. H Harkins, Having concluded his three days MB to Iron Duke, Dec. 29, C.E Greeson, MD to Tamar, for tour of Yorkshire unemployment Singapore Naval Base, Jan 6; and centres, the Prince of Wales as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal G. Ritchie, M.C., M.B., to Furious,
Dec. 30% Ecots Fuelllers the Earl of Mars Dec. 23, and to Victory, for B.N.B. "Grey. Breeks" Inspected yester day, at Catterick Camp, the 200 Battalion of the Regiment on its return from foreign ser
The Prince last inspected the battalion at Barrackpur, Bengal, in 1921. Four officers and men who were on parade at that
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An Army Order announces the the wood is planes it is coated Highness presented the Long Ber far facings in the case of The with the black mud of the Yang-vice And Good Conduct Medal Price of Wales's Volunteers The being from the universal white of tzse river then the mother of The Prince drove to Catterick new facings are but, the change pearl chips are arranged in intri- from Harewood House, where he the territorial alteration in 1881 cate patterns on the drying mud, staying with the Princess Royal The original colour for the 1st and finally they the 1s lacquered. Accompanying him were Sir God Battalion (10th Foot) was buffi in The secret of lacquering is pre-frey Thomas, his private secretary, 1717, and that of the 2nd Battalion served very closely in Chinese and Commander Adams, of the (Band Toob) was yellow from 1793 familles, PAN
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