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THE
ROYAL NAVY
110
SERVICES
of the battle-cruiser Repulse m the Mediterranean. Commander A further statement the Clifford recently completed two sa tuture of the Fleet Air Arm is years in the Plans Division of the made in Admiralty Fleet Orders. Naval Staff.
NEW AINESWEEPER
Issued recently. When the trans- fer to Admiralty control has been effected the necessary officers for H.M.S. Seagull. completing at nying dutles will
be provided Devonport Dockyard. will probably
from
(1)
of
Commission
about
June 21. and Executive officers the will relieve HMS. Speedwell in the Royal Navy and officers of the 1st Minesweeping Flotilla, Port- Royal Marines specializing in land. In the construction of the Fleet Air Arm duties; (2) officers Seagull the system of electric entered on a short-service basis. welding instead of riveting has especially for air work, who will been used more extensively than form the "Air" or "A" Branch. in any previous ship for the Navy The Arst entries of the latter wii] be made in April, and it is at pre- sent intended that they shall
CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
begin their preliminary three The annual inter-port cross-
ROYAL MARINES
Maj.-C. N. 9.. Smith; to Arethu-
Capts-C. M. G. Luxmoore, to Iron Duke: R. Formby, to Britan- nia.
C.
Proby. Lt-0. Bevis, to Rodney, Bandinaster (W. O.).-B. Barnes, to Warspite.
THE ARMY
COMMAND OF NOWSHERA BRIGADE
JUDGE FIXES VALUE OF
A LIFE
"What is life worth to the aver-
MODERATIONS IN DIVORCE
Bachelor Again
divorce
Prince Vivat (Magdalene, Cam- afe man with its joys, disap-bridge), head of the Siamese Cus- pointments and sorrow,”” Judge
toms, in proposing the toast of Greaves-Lord asked a King's Bench Oxford at the recent Oxford- jury in London--and answering Cambridge dinner, said the
Bill bis own question, awarded £1500 introduced in the Commons by the damages to the father and twin Member for Oxford University, Mr. sister of eight-year-old Hilda PA F. Herbert. marked the first Trubyfield.
step in what would surely be Hilda was klied by a dray outs'de known as man's recovery of his her home in Swinton Road, Chel-matrimonial autonomy. Brigadier B T. Wilson, D.S.O.. tenham. Her father claimed He, for one, would not be sur- has been appointed to command damages for the child's loss of the prised if at some future date, the Nowshera Brigade in place of normal expectation of lite.
were made part of the |Major-General H. R. L. G. Alexan- Special damages, agreed at curriculum at Oxford. The under- der, C.SI. D.S.O., M.C., who has and £50, were paid for the pain graduate would be required. to been promoted and appointed to and suffering the child endured pass Moderations in Divorce."
after the accident. The sister was He might then proceed to the the 1st Division at Aldershot.
awarded agreed damages of £25 M, A. dergee, which would mean "for the shock of seeing her sister Married again; and the B.A. de- gree, which might be taken, say. months afterwards. would "Claim for the loss of the normal six
And there expectation of life is a rather mean Bachelor Again.
be no
the restriction on peculiar one. It presents" a dia- would
number of times that one might Jeult problem," said the Judge.
take these two degrees. "What, after all, is te?" he added. Then he quoted Du Maurier's lines:-
NEW COLONELS
country championship meeting months naval training at Devon- port. The conditions under which will be held this year at Chatham, R.AF. officers may be permitted on March 30. The inter-Services to transfer to the "A" Branch of cross-country championship will the RN. will be promulgated be held at the RAF Station, Hal-has beer promoted to that rank shortly.
DOMINION COOPERATION
ton, on April 13.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS' The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:-
Surgn. Capt.---J. A. O'Flynn, M.D. to President for course (Mar. 18)
.
The cruisers of the New Zealand Division, under Rear-Admiral E. R. Drummond, have concluded their visit to Australia In connexion with the 150th anniversary cele-
Engr. Cdr.-5. J. Armstrong, to brations. They have been in Com-Dido (Mar. 30). monwealth waters for a month. The Achilles, fagship, will visit Bluff and Dunedin. "The Leander will visit Wellington and other New Zealand ports: Both ships will continue cruising till about the end of April
HOWARD-CROCKETT PRIZES Eardley Howard-Crockett Prizes have been awarded to Chief Cadet Captains A. R. Marshall and A. W. Watson, who passed out of the R.N. College. Dartmouth, in De- cember. 1937. These prizes com- memorate the late Lieutenant E.
W: Howard-Crockett. R.N., who was killed in South Africa in 1929. and are awarded each year to
naval cadets for qualities of leadership, and good example.
CHINA FLEET STAFF The appointments date trom February 20 of Commanders R. F. Eikings and E. G. A. Clifford to
Cdr. (E).-J. B. Rooper, to Danae
(Mar. 9).
Churchill, to
Colonel K. J. Martin, D.S.O., who
seniority of January 1934). is 47 and has been in the R.E. since 1910.
(with
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1.
SQUADRON COMMANDS New commanding officers, all of whom are Staff College graduates, have been appointed from the Air Ministry to three of the home
Squadron Leader I. A. Bertram. from the Directorate of Organiza- tion, joins No. 1 (F) Squadron at Tängmere in succession to Squad- ron Leader F. R. D. Swain, A.F.C. Squadron Leader R. Pyne. D.F.C..
Titania (Mar 8);, K. L. Dunn, t
Payr, Cars.-H. G. Williams, teaghter squadrons) Enterprise (on commg.).
Lt.-Cdr.-E. N... Gloucester (April 24).
Surgn. Lt.-Cdr.-J. J. Cusack M.B, to Pembroke for R.N.B. (Mar.
from the Directorate of Staff 10)..
·Surgn. Lis.-J. G. More-Nisbet Duties, joins No. 32 (F) Squadron, and R. O. Connor, M.B., to Pem-Biggin Hill, vice Squadron Leader
A. W." B. McDonald. broke for RN.B. (Mar. 6 and 17 re- spectively).
Surgn. Lt. (D).-T. McMullan. LDS., to Pembroke for R.N.B. (Mar. 1).
Payr. Lt.-E. J. Webb, to Frest dent for duty outside Admiralty
(Feb. 18).
Sub-Lt.-C. St. C. Cameron, to Arlesford (Mar. 2).
PROMOTIONS
killed."
He could see the day when the dona of Oxford would become quite as famous as the stars of
"A little work, a little play, to Hollywood.
keep us going-
And so, good day.
The Control Commissioner for
A little warmth, a little Hght of Cheklang and Fukien provinces,
love's bestowing--
Mr. Chen Chao-ying. has arrived in Kinhua confer with the
And so, good night.
to
A Httle fun to match the sorrow authorities of the Cheklang Pro-
of each day's going-
vincial Government, over a project. And so, good inorrow."
for the settlement of 50,000, Chekl- ang refugees In Chungan district in North Fuklen, states, a message to the China Daily News. The
SERIOUS VIEW OF population of Chungan, which is
ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA
a wellknown tea growing town. has recently been decreased by one half as a result of a war-time
4
Squadron Leader J. B. H. Ro-
Cabinet members, especially the exodus, it is stated, gers, from the Directorate of
Prime Minister, take * serious Signals, will command No. 72 (F)
view of Anti-British propaganda, The Ministry of Education has Squadron at Church Fenton. Yorks. In place of Squadron Lead-not only in foreign countries, but promulgated regulations governing In the Dominions and Colonies, schools in various war zones, says er E. J. L. Hope.
states a special message from a dispatch to the Sin Wen Pao. According to these regulations, the status of schools which have been The committee appointed under opened in the war zones after their ment. Mr. Chow Fo-min, who re-to the Foreign Office (Sir Robert approval of the Ministry, will not the chairmanship of the Adviser fall to the Japanese, without the
Vansittart) is expected to make
The Educational Commissioner in the Shenst" Provincial Govern-
London.
of
cently made a trip to Hankow to Lis.-R. A. B. Philmore. to seek instructions from the Minister
recognized. The status the Cumberland, flagship In rank of Lt.-Cdr. (seny. Feb. 28): of Education. Mr. Chen L-ful, on far-reaching re-commendations to schools, opened in these zones be- China. The former will be fleet A. CA. C. Duckworth. E. C. F. war time educational policies, and the Government.
fore their fall to the Japanese, gunnery officer. In succession to Nicolay, to rank of Lt.-Cdr. Iseny. Commander K. M. L. Robinson. Mar. 1).
the
to attend the 6-Province Educa- It will particulary investigate which have carried on without re- tional Conference. returned to Stan the dissemination of news in the porting their reopening to Commander Elkins was promoted Lt. (Retd.. Garside, to rank on February 25, states a message Dominions through foreign news Ministry for its approval, will also in June last when gunnery officer of Lt.-Cdr. (ret.), (seny. Feb. 28). to the "Hwa Mel Pao."
agencies and broadcasts.
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