GENERAL NEWS.
Peers' Roll of Honour.
The peers" roll of holour which is going to be prepared, at the BuggeBuon of Lord St. Davids, will be along, as it will be an in teresting, ons. It is not, perhaps, generally known that a similar roll relating to the South African War bsa been preserved in the new edition of the Complete Peerage." It is limited to peera and their ellest sons who took part in the fighting, and the number is 131. Of course, had younger sone and brothers been included, the fign as would have been much langit.
The Late Lt. H. R. Cholmeley:
Second-Lieutenant dugh R. Obolmelay, R.F.A., who war mounded on Sunday, June 13, and died on the following day, was the only on of It. F. Cholmsley, headmaster of Owen's School, Islington. At the out», break of war he was in the Clonial 8.cretariat, Federated Malay States, He returned to England to enlist, and obtained a temporary commission in, the B.T.A. He was granted on December 10, 1914, and was renti to Fance on February 1, 1915, and abortly afterwards attached to the 43r Battery, 42nd Brigade, 3rd Division. He was 24 yearsold.
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Warneford came home to "do something" for his country. He enlisted in the 2nd Sportsman's Battalion on January 7, but being greatly interested in aircraft, he was transferred within a month to the Royal Naval Air Service. He proceeded to the flying school at Hendon, and on February 10 passed the tests for a pilot's certificate, being granted's com mission as probationary flightsub- liectensat. His rapid success as Fan airman was the more remark Paris, June 18.-Flight Sub- able because he had had no Lieut. Warceford, V.O., full while; previous experience of flying flying with Mr. Henry Needham, whatever. His trainer 16 an American magazine journalist marked ́that “Mc. Warne- at Buoserodrome yesterday after- ford was the most brillisot papil noon. Both were killed. Mr. he ever had. Not only war he won Warnaeford's body has been re-derfully quick in acquiring teeb moved to Versaillies.
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Paris, June 17-A report just published by the Comite des Forges de Fanos, the body which
Whitman did a guilt or Mr. Warneford was a careful more advanced training for toen eigaves Governor | flyer, not given to trick performime at Eastchurcb. expired Joly, 20. pwever, sudes, and the fact that neither A month after obtaining his representa and controls all the court of appeals, the which he nor his passenger had used a mmission, Sub-Lieutenant Wa-ironworks in France, bringe to tribunal, takes some the safety straps shows that they were raeford went to France, and al- light the extraordinary diffionitice then, the en'enceol da, ale indulging in no fancy flying.
though he was unknown to the which the French areenale electria obair will be exec. Mr. Needham had been given public before the engagement with and forgee have had to lice AdA Pretty Wedding *. an opportunity to visit the flying the Zeppelin, he appears to have through being deprived of most By Shanghai, centre on the recommendation of made a name for himself among of their regular supply of A very protiy wedding the American Ambassador, and his comrades. It is related that on material. solemnized on Saturday July 24yrs met Mr. Warneford, who one occasion he was flying with a the contracting parties heing Mig the day before stated his passenger when a Taube was on The first Frenob department to Hope Greig, of Mears. Butterfield to taking passengers for countered, and the passenger tried fall into German hands was the Esigalvary, daughter of Mr. L he wack to Dankirk, where rneford, without waiting for the Briey and produces nine-tenths
savo straight flights to shoot, but the gun jammed. Meurthe-et-Moselle, which con- E.N. Szigetvary, of the Chinese risen me duty. He had passenger to take the second gun, the total French output of iron. Custome, Bohow. The civil machine fest, when the left his controls, seized it himself. This dis riot has been occupied ceremony, was held at H. B. Mfety seced violently for and stood up to fire at the hostile by the enemy since the beginning Consulate before Sir Everard
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