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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1915.

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COMMANDER HEWLET? ON HIS ADVENTURES.

AUSTENDS, Due. 31. Flight-dona uler lewlett, who, lady briety telegraphed, has bein picked up in the North Sen, and brought into Ymuiden, arrived there at half-punt x this evering, very tired after spend fög six exceedingly rough days ab was on board the tranler Maris van Hatter, Captain Cornelius Conyu. Cenanander Hewlety's story, in wabatageD, sallow:

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Tisonplans was the first of the squad."| ren to leave the British ships in the sonded tax Hight of. Heligaland.

considerable height, but while púz sinnd his comras along the vast he ran into dens log, ad, miing Cuxbayon altther, dew one distat into Ger many before doering his mistake. Whoa,he eventually posed ny him lesz- ings, he doubled back north-easterly dination, and passed Cushaven on the

In so doing, however, he observ- jed she Zeppelin „hods, His suplane wus them at a grent altitude, but blen eli sharp dylan martid be wast within 20 metres of the shers, who he bunched his emb

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I rated exactly the position of thu OF WALES FUND, THE BELSIAN shade, and then dow award in. Corommler Hewlett fails to disroyer RELIEF FUND, Tobacco and

the British squadron, bra on approach- CIGARETTE FUND

Heligoland observed a strong squadron of fireman warships, whereupon he res Undersigned have received instrucented his previous unsure, and, et exped its attacks with ease. It h

bg drawn to within 10 musters of the accompanied by a passenger operat vassals, dragod his remaining bombe,ing a machine or a special rifle, of Que of them fell on one of the Jargeswhich thing wel be said at prevedia,” ships of the sequalem, pad although it the Zeppelin would have been an easy was impressible for him to stain the mark, and would probably now be drift. unture of the damage causes), he sawing wreckage in the North Sea. gant cloud of smoke rising from the ship. The anti-aircraft armament of the

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THURSDAY,

the 18th February, 1815, at 5 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Read, Corner of Ics House Street,-

A 40 H.-P. FOUR CYLINDER LIMOUSINE CAR.

built by STODDARD DAYTON, Seating Accommodation for Six Passenger,

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Commander Howlett's notes are of the

German squadron was brought into falatot importaäes-Central News.

play against him, but again,, by, circling and mounting ngidly, he escaped in- jury.

Une men the plucky, pilot searched

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On riax at the Garage of the Dragnarould eate them his engine failed it

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SATURDAY,

SOME FURTHER DETAILS.

British Officer's Story.

the

ADMIRAL FISHER.

THE CHELTOR OF THE NAVY.

Baattock. Grayling | Duarabin

Corporation Welsh Chief Canadian Chief. Liberty Dalia Wamphray.

Mr. T. P. Otestinor. M.P., writes to

Globe M This is the man who has crental the

Without him tolern Battish Navy,

tch Navy had never been. The ma

strong shying, for we hak bacle to a strong British Savy as prae tically contominous with our history. But in these days a Navy which is not up to the last word in modern science And an out-of-date ino Navy at all. Navy in many respets is what Lord Fisher discovered, when, after toiling up New Zealand Chief the long ladder of promotion from the Sanubie ...... boy midy to the Admiral and the First Wolly Jack Turdulip he found himsell at last in ploughby-

Redsbank the praition to turn his visions and his ef ideas and dreams into concreto Inet.

A MAN OF COURAGE

Boxin, Dec. 20.. face de topla tompair the cagine, hart This efforts in this dirvution were T- An interesting, say of the British succesful and after several hours heairmen's attack on Cuxhaven on Christ- was picked up by the trawler. The latter mas Day is told by an officer of one of ICS towed the disabled reaplan for some the accompanyig vessels..

"We started," said he, with a smile, timne, Lou, sinek was presently observed go the horizon, and as Commander Hew-|- somewhere from off the East coast, and Itt thought it likely that it might be shibough our netand destination was not that of ferman sizips warching for his, known to many on board, we had no | tha semplan was er off, qul the Marin idea that we were oct to show the Gar: was only such a man with such a tem

the 20th February, 1815, commencing

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It was only a man with indomitabh Maybey

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Lindsay G. (late Sonierset) Letunzo Cato Arravand).. Terzum The Shirker Delgian King.. Jaipur Chief

HE Undersigned have received instrac-vwa, Intim proceeded on her fishing mans that we could make raids upon perament that could have successfully

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their country quite as easily as they had faced the problem. But "Jacky." The trawler, a veseel of some 150 tons, dose upon England. We had for com-Fisher, as everybody know that is to encountered, the full fores of last Mon-pany our sister ships, throw light cruiser, say, everybody who had realized all the day's hurricane, and Commander Hewa fotilla of torpede vessels; and sub slow-moving and stoutish body and the Castellan

Aurora lett's experiences during a terrible period marines.

tranquil and almost sleepy expreĶĪOK

Topaz....... "It was just before daylight when Jacky Fisher was the man to take Winning Bezud aro iudcribable. The truwke's crew did everything possible for his comfort, we arrived off Heligoland, to our sur on the job. He found everywhere other Thurleston..

Jad but, to te his own words, "a trawler prise without let or hindrance. Round thing that ho did not approve. Ships isn't exactly a frielas hot-."

tle lade went, akirting the mine. had beza male on a special pattern or held, and in some cases actually crossing brady a generation by a designer who it but re admirably was the cours kept was considered a man of genius, and that there was nothing doing. When who was too powerfis at the Admiralty wa were approaching Cuxhaven we hoped both in reputation and server for, any. Lord we should sight some of the much-body interfere with him. vounted 'fleet of the enemy, but no such Fisher erndemned the plans: and soon luck they evidently preferred the shelter the omnipotent mun of supposed genius Lof the Kiel Canal.

und his designs had given place to an. "Wo slowed down and quickly slung other man and to other plans. Men the waterplazes outboard, and lowered grey in service, whose doddering steps He them to the surface of the sea. In the entitled them to the sourn of the efficient

still morning air and a fairly calm sea mun and the pity of the considerate Tinker few songside cue of them; the occupants the planes took to the water like ducks, man, were sent

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During his fight Commander Howies steered his machine with his left hand and made full antes of his observations with his right.-Central News

CONTEMPT FOR ZEPPELINS.

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He was exceedingly fatigued on land- ing, and after having partaken of a hearty meal-the first he had enjoyed for six day he fell asleep.--Central News.

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n-outside, or grass, course

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our duty, car vessels dropped away under pre-emptoriness, and were sold as old Kabri the shelter of the cruisers, and watched iron; and millions of past expenditure The Bird' the airmen getting ready to deliver their were, as it wers, dropped into the un-Brebattie fathomable tra. Nay, een great statis. Amun Ra Christmas greeting to the enemy,

With a rush the planes were off, men, notably Gladstone, had to accept and quickly climbed to a height of over Fisher's way, or get out of Fisher'a way: | 2,000 feet. We followed their progress and Gladstone got out of Fisher's way. to the shore, and soon noticed a polumn And so, ruthlen, untiring, getting up of smoke rise from where we judged earlier and gang to be later than any

known neither fear nor affection when the| Cuxhaven to be, but, owing to a heavy man in the Survier, regardlers of men, physique that indicates immense strength rable but reactionary celebrition; he has sea-mist which had got up with the sun, regardless of tradition, looking solely to

Endurance that is one of the things safety of the country was at stako. Such the distares was obsetre Still no the one object of making a great new that have made this man what he is a man must make innumerable enemies, word from the Germans, and with the modem Navy, Frther went his story but He ez da with little or no sleep; he is, but he has passed through cyclones of exemption of two airships which we saw effective way. And to lay our intiolate

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alone. What the timen did has already and the disparand and trained Germanight is still black; and he could be But he looks quite unconcerned with found thera again at midnight. This this massive and impassive lave et bis. been told. We were anxious about the commerce testify to his wondrous auctible man is like Napoleon when he Just the man for the job of today. return of Commander Hewlett, "who did cess. not get back to the ship."-" Daily Telegraph."

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Of course, mush raan alemanage in ordinary life to give the KINGSCLERE HOTEL, emits. The strategists of service clubs, pression of slowness, oven of lethargy, the gentlemen of gouty feet and gouty so quiet are his movements, so easy- slcaness of thought, the enemies of all going is his carriage and expression. change and the revering advocates of all

A TRUE "COMMANDER OF MES, inefficiency; railed, snarled, inspired

Here is the man to whom, more, thon newspaper editors, filled correspondence columns. But Fisher, looking perhaps to any other man, we owe the Navy wo more sombre and may-ging than ever, have to-day. Ho is the true commander and his impenetrable rugged swarthy face of men, and specially of fighting men. saying nothing either of anger or sensi. He knows what he wants, and either gets tiveness, or even pi consciousness of all it and breaks his opponents, or be la this deadly sterm of obloquy around his broken. He has never been broken yet; Cable Address, Sachsola head, went on; until his work noted but what's number of men be has bro done. And than he went off to hit pen.ken in that steady, ruthless SEADET BOY nion and his cane. But the war called wards an invincible feet for which he him back; and how he is once more at how had to wage for more than a quar the Admiralty, probably as ruthless star of a century. He has broken at KING EDWARD HOTEL over to inchciency, as ezergulin, as self.dorigners; ho has tazken great comman confident. And England instinctively ders, or those suppord to be great; he***

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Ib in Jacky Fisher that this posed to be invarible; he has broker Perr of the Besim and the redoubtable the tradition of canturies; inally he head of the Navy la universally known, may be said to have broken the great You realiza, when you look at his Cladstone, Homething of tas treinendom and com- pedting spirit, shot is in bin. He la thick sot. Be has wong jaw, quies, "Du¥ klemts"; kod watchful yeten

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