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Letter 16,000 MILE AIR

London Air-Mail Letter

Earl of Oxford and The Lobby: Mrs. Hilda Harrison: Russian Giant Aero- plane: City Livery Club: Directors

Bank of England: Lord

of

Loughborough:

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, November 29. Throughout his career in the House of Commons the late Earl of Oxford, whose intimate letters to Mrs. Hilda Harrisson are pub- Ished to-day. shunned the Mem- bera Lobby. Where other Ministers would wander out to sense the reactions of the rank and file and | the journalists," Mr. Asquith would remain in his own den behind the Chair,

But those who daily frequented the lobby during those years will recall that "there was one note- worthy and regular exception to that rule, On a certain evening In each week-It was, I think, on Wednesday-Mr. Asquith would emerge unostentatiously from the Chamber shortly before the dinner

hour.

THE SOLUTION?

In his hand he carried a single letter. Proceeding a little slyly to the letter-box in the Lobby, a few paces away, he dropped his missive through the alit.

I say slyly, "because on these occasions there was always some- thing of a sidle in the ex-Premier's gait, and a peculiarly bright twinkle

JOURNEY

Lord Londonderry

Visit Overseas

to

Lord Londonderry, Secretary- for Air, has arranged to spend the Parliamentary recess in visiting units of the Royal Air Force "over- seas. The tour will be carried out. entirely by air, and will include 1 visits to Egypt and the Sudan, to

"Transjordania and Iraq, and to India. The total distance to be flown is approximately 15,000 miles), The fight to Cairo: will be made by the regular Imperial Airways service, while between" :Cairo" and

spots. That can be obtained only by invitation.

Among the robes worn by peers Khartoum and between the latter at the Royal opening of Parlia city and Bagdad the journey will ment were many old vestments take place in Royal Air Force which are treasured as heirlooms machines, Lord Londonderry will and which have been passed down rejoin the Imperial Airways service through a long succession of gen-at Bagdad, and complete the out- erations.

ward trip to Calcutta In their

Those worn by the Earl of Den-aircraft, bigh are probably the most- ax- After a week-end "at Calcutta, clent of them all, having been first | where the Viceroy and Lady Wil- worn by an ancestor of the pre-lingdon will then be in residence. sent Earl during the reign of Lord Londonderry will go to Delhi, James 1.

They are also remarkable for their colour, which is purple, whereas those of most other peers are scarlet. The cloth is of su- pertine quality, with ermine and gold lace, as in the case of other neers, but distinctively trimmed to indicate the rank of the wearer.

The only other purple robes are believed to be those, worn by the Earl of Radnor, which are pro- bably just as old.

LORD LOUGHBOROUGH

The Earl of Rosslyn's robes are also of breat age. They have been

In his eye. The unfalling re-handed down in the family for gularity of this little sortie soon attracted attendon.

nearly. 140 years, and were made for the first Lord loughborough.

Those and scores of other his- toric robes which were worn yes- terday are stored with experts,

Harmless little Jests were made on the subject, but none could say to whom that precious letter was directed. Is it perhaps permiss-and-used only when their ownars ible to assume that the mystery "is now solved ?

BEQUEST FOR HER CHILDREN

It was in 1915 that Mrs. Harris-

sit in the House of Lords or form procession before the King on great State occasions.

Farm time to time they are re-

son, whose photograph, taken dur-trimmed, but the foundation cloth ing the past week-end, appears is the same that cetuṛles aog.

in the adjoining column, first went to live at Boar's Hill, near Oxford. Major, Harrisson, two years later killed in action, went with her.

Boar's Hill, so intimately a850 ciated with lovers of literature and the arts, is not far from Button Courtney, then the country home of Lord and Lady Oxford. It was here that the friendship developed between the great statesman and the charming, educated woman some forty years his junior,

A complete set (14) of Wheat- ley's coloured prints, The Criež of London," including the rare Hot Spiced Gingerbread,”, brought 1050 gulness at Christie's London, yesterday,

Wheatley, whe has born in the City of London, was the son of a

taflór.

Full Royal Academy Honours came to him in 1801, and his "Cries" "always excite competi-

set of four pictures, "Married. Life," brought 8000 guineas at Christie's...

When "he died in 1928, Lord 00023 sa gan sy g Oxford bequeathed to Mrs. Harris-paid for a set. Five years ago a son £2,500 for the maintenance of her two children. Peter and Ann, then aged 15, and 12 respectively.

A FLYING PRESS the destruction

With

of

the

gigantic Russian aeroplane, there ends, for a time at least, a novel experiment in the dissemin- ation of propaganda,

Whatever commercial or military value the K7 might have proved to possess, one of its principal roles was to have been a flying newspaper office.

It was intended to instal on board printing presses, which were to turn out news-sheets of the latest information received by

wireless.

The news-sheets were then to be dropped in the villages over which the machine flew,

November 29 is commemorated throughput the countries of the former Allies in the Great War as the anniversary of the Interalilee des Anciens Combattants).

This afternoon at 3.30 a wreath of haig poppies will be placed at the tomb of the Unknown Warrior, when the Naval and Military At- taches of the Allies in London will attend. The wreath will be placed by M. Corbin, the French Ambas- sador, as representing the country, responsible for this year's con- yress of F. L. D. A. CO.

Without taking up the Pharis- alcal attitude of He thank Thee, Lord, that I am not as other men," the British taxpayer, with the pro- spect. of a small Budget 'surplus, can take a certain comfort from other countries Budgets.

HIDDEN CITY DINING ROOMS

In the course of a highly witty speech at the City Livery. Club's annual dinner at Guildhall, Mr. The French deficit-about £60, H. G. Wells, one of its newest 000,000 on a total expenditure of Freemen, spoke of the City's hidden about £50,000,000...to" £60,000,000 dining-rooms...

on a total expenditure of £365,

Mr. Wells drew a charming pici- 800,000.

ure of himself wandering about But both these deficits pale in- the square mile of which he has to insignincadce before the gap in been made tree, horribly mystified the prospective American budget.. as to what he might do and where

he might now go...

With characteristic optimism this.

In the matter of eating, for. ex- has been estimated at £200,000,000. ample, the West-end held for him, Some competent observers, how- or any other man, no, mysteries ever, put the ultimate figure as How different was the City? There high as £400,000,000 on a budget are scores of public eating-places of about £800,000,000. hidden away in cellars or above

wine shops.

But I think he had in mind

those admirable dining-rooms employed on this part of the which, nowadays, almost every firm itinerary From Karachi he will of any standing possesses on its return to London by Imperial 'bwa premises.. -

A TRANQUIL MEAL

Airways.

· Lord Londonderry will be spend-

where the headquarters of the Indian army and the Royal Air Force in India" are situated. He! will then proceed to visit the Air Force stations in Northern India and on the North-west Frontier. Royal Air Force aircraft will he

One might mention them by the ing Christmas at Cairo with Lady score. Most people are aware that Londonderry, and... during this the directors of the Bank of Eng-period he will inspect the units land can feed, admirably, over in Egypt · before - he begins his the shop." There, in tranquil main series of visits, surroundings, they can discuss the with Lord and Lady London- business of the day."

derry their three daughtera, Lady At Hambro's Rothschild's and Margaret, Lady Helen, and Lady Erlanger's the same is true. Bome Mary Stewart, will travel by air have several rooms for dinerent to Cairo. Lord Londonderry ob- grades of their steffa, Stained his flying certificate about The plan is an admirable one. four months ago Lady Margaret Time is too valuable to be wasted obtained her plot a certificate at in midday Journeys to Test-end Heston at the same time, and Lady: clubs. City clubs are

ted landonderry 1s, now learning to and restaurents still more so. ny Lady Mary, although not yet Privacy is almost unattainable, 13, is already, a skilled airwoman,

And but cannot obtain her ticket and

oes as the lowest qualifying age for a select pilot is 17.

that his freedom of not give him entry to

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