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REGIMENTAL
COLOURS Centre Badges Approved
(Special Air-Mail Service; "
London, February 15.
An Army Order announces" that centre badges fon regimental colours for 18 units have been approved as follows;-
Devonshire Regt. The Castle of Exeter, with the motto "Semper fidelis."
Suffolk Regt. --The Roman numeral XII. within a branch of
roses and a branch of oak.
Somerset L.Within a bugie horn stringed ensigned with a mural crown superscribed "Jella- labad"the Roman number XIII
East Yorkshire Regt.-The Ro- man. "numeral,XV. ensigned with the White Rose,
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt. A hart crossing a ford.
Leicestershire Regt.-The Royal Tiger, superscribed "Hindoostan.”
Duke of Wellington's Regt.-The Duke of Wellington's crest, with
NEW MACHINE GUN FOR
BRITISH CAVALRY
Weapon Of Czech
Origin To Be Tried "Out
-THE "Z-B "
(Special Air-Mail Service).
London, Feb. 15, A new type of light machine gun of Czech origin which, it is claimed. makes the... war-time Lewis look like a 'pop-gun, will be tried out by the Cavalry Brigade this year. If it is satisfactory it will be adopted by the cavalry throughout the British Army, and its adoption by the infantry is
also likely.
The War Department have for years been looking for light machine-gun to replace the Lewis gum still in use. They now have
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the motto. Virtutis fortuna Wiltshire "Regt.-A cross patee comes."
charged in the centre with Royal Sussex Regt. (except the roundle; thereon the cypher and 5th (Cinque Ports Battn.).-The cornet of the 'late Duke of White (Roussillon) Plume sur-Edinburgh. mounted by the Star of the Order Highland LI. Within a French of the Garter. «
hunting horn the monogram Oxford and Bucks LI-A bugle "HLI horn stringed.
Essex Regt-An eagle. Sherwood Foresters-A Maltese Cross charged in the centre with a stag lodged "on water within à wreath of oak.
Northamptonshire Regt.-A sprig of three maple leaves, each charged with a fuer-de-lis.
King's Own Yorkshire LI- Within a "French hunting horn & pomme; thereon the White Rose.
. Seaforth Highlanders.-A stag's head caboshed, between the attires the cypher and toronet of the late. Duke of Albany, with the motto "Ouidich'n Righ."
Gordon Highlanders-The crest of the Marquess of Huntly within a wreath of ivy, with the motto "Bydand."
a choice of two, with the odds in favour of the. Czech design, '·.
This new light gun is known as the "Z-B," and its rival, which has been tested for a long time. by the authorities, is the Vickers- Berthier.
Satisfactory Tests
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I had been assumed recenty that the Vickers-Berthier would be chosen, and then the "Z-B" was offered: About 30 of the "Z-B" have been produced for the Cavalry Brigade trials, so satisfactory were the first tests.
gun
TARRANT TALKS OF A SLIGHT AND AN INSULT
"Where Are The Sportsmen of 1934?”
He Asks
Madras, Saturday.
An astonishing attack on D. R
Jardine. England's captain, has RE-SHUFFLE OF
decision
with
been made by Frank Tarrant, the formen Middlesex oricketer, who umpired t the first two
Test matches in India, but Was dropped" for the third and last. which began in Madras to-day.
"Jardine objects to my LIM- The need of a light machine-piring he declared.
for the cavalry has
"Have the "Benares and Secun- been urgent since the war.
derabad matches shaken Jardine's The Madsen gun of Danish where are the sportsmen of 1934 confidence in himself and his side? design, was favoured a few years if the M.C.C. captain carinot take ago until Vickers took over the lesser-known
B 1.b.w. Berthier and pro- duced
good which has now been chosen by M.C.C. suffered their first defeat
an excellent light gun,
grace?"
[At Benares on January 13 the the Indian Army for its cavalry.
of the tour, losing to Vizianagran Both, the Madsen and Vickers-by 14 runs. At Secunderabad on Berthier have been tried out by January 24 they were behind on various army units in England. the first innings to Moln-ud- satisfied. but the War Department was not bowlah XI. but narrowly missed
Now the "Z-B Is
re- foreing a win, the match garded as "the very thing."
being drawn when their opponents were 33 behind with one wicket to fall, D. R. Jardine played at Benares.
Tarrant added that he regarded his being dropped as a slight and ari insult. His reputation was at stake, especially since doubts had been cast on his impartiality.
THE
DEED OF 1933
BRAVEST
Heroic Sussex Man
(Special Air-Mall Service)
London, Fab,
The Stanhope gold medal, present Argyll and landers---The
Sutherland High-ed by the Royal Human Socięty for Princess Louise's the bravest act during 1933, has cypher and corónet.
been awarded to Mr. H. E. B.. Jones, a rubber planter of the Federated Malay States, whose house is at the Vicarage, Pevensey, Sussex.
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It is stated that at 10 - OD
It is understood that Tarrant was not chosen for this Test be cause he is on the star of the Maharajah of Patiala and the Maharajan's son, the Yuvraj of Patiala, is playing for India.
DYESTUFFS
DEFENCE
AND
CABINET?
Mr. A. Eden May Be come Foreign Secretary
London, Feb 27.
In spite of the insistent denial by Sir John Simon, the Foreign. Se-
London is simply humming with cretary, of the report of his pro- posed transfer to the Home Office rumours of an impending Cabinet re-shume.
On all sides and from all parties a number of changes are inevitable. it is averred that, sooner or later,
The changes which are forecast affect the Foreign, Home, and War offices, the Ministry of Heal- th, the Woolsack and the Secret- ary ship for Scotland.
Many are attacking the policy of Sir Edward Ellton Young, Minister of Health, as being inadequatë. his housing policy coming in for generally accepted prediction that rather severe comment. It is a Sir Edward, together with John Gilmour, the present Home Secretary, will so to the House of Lords, leaving two Cabinet ap- pointments to be filled.
Bir
Lota Sankey May 'Retire ord Sankey, who has occupied the Lord Chancellorship since 1929, is expected to relire and to be stic-- ceeded by Lord Hailsham, now Bec- retary for War and who occupied- the Woolsack from March, 1928, to
March 6 the 3.8. Antung, from Producing Gas For A June, 1929. Another predicted re-
Swatow to Hong Kong, stranded at Mofa Point, on Hainan Island Capt Ashby decided to abanden ship, and placed his wife and child in the kig along with some native passengera in charge of the third officer. The bont was rushed by panic-stricken passengers, and when it hit the water it capsized.
It was extremely hazardous for anyone to go into the water from the ship, it is added, "on acccant of the panic-striken people fighting to get to the ropes that were thrown to their aje,
Future War
Further reference to the relation of the dyestuffa industry to national defence was made yesterday by Mr Geoffrey Mander, A.P., before the Standing Committee of the House of Commons, which is considering the Dyestutis (Import Regulation) Bill:
Clause two of the bill.secks to amend the description of goods of which importation is prohibited. Mr. Mander moved an amendment that the provistomy affecting organic intermediate products used in the manufacture should hot apply except in so far as the articles "required for the purposes of na- tional defence."
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tirement is that of Sir Godfrey Collins from the Secretaryship for Scotland.
that Sir John Simon will go to the It seems to be generally accepted
Donald reported again to be in Home Office and Mr. Ramsay Mac- favour of combining the office of Foreign Secretary with the Prime Ministership. Against this, how ever, the ultra Conservatives are strongly protesting.
far as to say that Mr. Ramsay Mac- Some commentators are going so Donald may vacate the Prime Min 1stership and go to India as Vice- roy, post with which his name was frequently linked before the appointment of Viscount Willing don whose term of office still has some time to run.
"Sergeant P. Sherevera went in and rescued the captain's child, but wds played out with the effort and was unable to help Mrs. Ashby.
"Mr. Jones slid down a rope and swam off to Mrs. Ashby and brought her to the ship's side. He had great difficulty in bending a rope
It seems to be generally agreed Mr. Mander said that Mr. Duff i str Kangsley Wood, whose suc- on to her on account of the passen Cooper (Financial Secretary to the cess gers in the water clutching him. War Office) had previously made it been conspicuous, and Mr. L. Hore. as Postmaster-General has When Mrs. Ashby had been pulled clear that even if, from the indust-Belisha. Financial Secretary to the aboard Mr. Jones remained in the rial point of view, it was held that Treasury, are due for early promo water and assisted in the rescue of the bill was not required, he would tion and Mr. Anthony Eden, pro- quite a number of Chinese passen. still demand that the prohibition minient as under-secretary for For- gers: When he was himself hoisted should continue and that the dyes eign Affairs and bow Lord Pitvy board he was in a very exhausted puffs industry should be developed Seal, thust be given Cabinet rank state:
for the purpose of national défence, very soori INDUSTRY BEING "MOBILISE" "What does it mean?" inquired Mr. Mander. It means that the dyestuffa industry, is Seing mobilized, and will be in future, for the pur- pose of any war that may come.
"It means that we are mobilising that we are adopting protection in order that, we may-I am going to use strong language, but it is true-be more effective than oppo nents in other countries in a war.
"When the ship was abandoned the boats were rished; and 60 past sangers and 20 of the crew lost their lives."
Sergeant Sherevera has been awarded a bronze medal.
Mechanical Engineers Dine in Manchester
"We have got to be able to do that better than other States. That is the condition of savagery in which unfortunately the whole world exista at the present time."
The dinner of the North-to gas bubles and to mutilate and Western Branch of the Institution destroy women and the civilian of Mechanical Engineers, post- population of other countries. poned through the illness of the Chairman, Professor Dempster Smith, M.B.E., 'trom, its usual date in December was held in Man- chester on Thursday, the 11th inst. During the absence of Professor Dempster Smith, Mr. H. L. Guy has been acting, and in the course of the evening was thanked for having done Both members of the branch and guests were glad to see the re- gular chairman: fully restored to health. The toast list was short. After the Loyal Toast, the toast
BO,
Mr. Duff Cooper replied that all he had stated the other day was that it was considered essential that there should be a healthy dyestuffa industry in this pountry:
Stronger National Defences, tive back-benchers is certainly in- The restlyeness among Conserva- creasing Many of them are clam- ourous for a wholesale strengthen- ing of the national defences and other demand a bold national economic and industrial policy.
In addition, there is a fairly gen- eral demand for stronger Conser- vative representation in the Ca- binet.
Cautious observers are saying that there will be no changes in the Cabinet before Easter and pre- dict that the re-shume will not take place unt!! Whitsuntide.
London, Feb 27 As a result of the appointment of Sir George Russell Clerk as new Ambassador to France; replacing Lord Tyrrell, observers of foreign affairs to-day visualized a harden- ing of Britain's policy.
Political circles alsci forecast "I say again," added Mr. Duft numerous Cabinet changes. The Cooper, that that is not the only appointment of Mr. Anthony Eden reason. It is equally important to to the post of Foreign Secretary, the textile industry that it should replacing Bir John Simon, who not be entirely dependent on the im- would go to the Home Office, was
predicted. of "The Institution" was proposed portation of foreign dyes. by Dr. H. J. W. Hetherington, said the other day. It is unnecess
The fact remains exactly as I The Home Secretary, Sir John Gilmour, would perhaps become Vice-Chancellor'
Liverpool University, who said that the sary to drag any red herring, gassed Minister of War, replacing Viscount"
babies or mutilated" women, across
Hailsham, who would, become Lord advent of selence and engineer- the track. Everyone knows that sh Chancellor, aucceeding Vis- chemical warfare is an eventuality prognosticators. Viscount Sankey court Gankey, according to these visualise any defence department has to is expected to resign soon.
of
ing bad had more trifluence in changing the world we live in than had anything else since the beginning, and engineers .could, therefore, not escape from re- sponsibility in connection. with modern life. He urged them to. take their proper share," therfore, in, the solution of the larger pro- blems with which civilisation was confronted LA
This toast was replied to by Mr. Alari E. L Chorlton, CBE, MP, who also spoke on this point, following it up with reference to the desirability of dealing with education in a moré. selective manner, and enlarging upon the necessity for more research. He instanced certain facts which had some to his notice on a récent visit to Ger many, especially in connection with high-speed rail transport. Mr. Chorlton also dealt with the work the Institution is doing in connection with education, and its various committees, cling
Mr. Maader's amendment was defeated, and the Committee ad journed until tomorrow.
specially the activity of the com- mitter considering the question of public works. The toast of "Our Guests" was proposed in kindly and generous terms by Mr. Charles Day, and was acknow- ledged by the Lord Mayer of
These changes would strengthen positions in the Cabinet, 19 was ex- the Conservative hold on the key
plained.
EMBARGO ON ARMS
Manchester Alderman Binns, American Bill Passed
and by Major P. J. Cowan, The Lord Mayor stated that the effect of mechanization and rationalisa tlon had had a vital bearing on working engineers, among whom he classed himself, and he hoped the scientific men would turn their attention to the great pro- blein which de presented self with regard to the future of those who had been displased “By the new methods-Engineering.
The United States Senate has pasted, with amendments, the Bill which originated in the House of Representatives authorising Pre- sident Roosevelt, in: co-operation with other nations, to place; an embargo on the shipment of alma to beligerente
House of Representatives for re- The Bill has now returned to the
consideration-Reuter.