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Royal Navy

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London: December 20, -Cept. O, O. Harrison, who com- missioned the battleship Barbam for trials on October 24, will be succeeded in command of that ship to-day by Capt. R. J. R. Scott, A.M., who last served in the Medi- terranean. The Barham,' which has been undergoing reconstruc- tion at Portsmouth for the past three years, will rejoin the Second Battle Squadron early next year. Until then Rear-Admiral M. E Harton will my his dag in the Ma jaya.

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The Admiralty notified the fol lowing appointments yesterday:

Capt.-R. J.R. Scott. A.M., to Barham, in command, December

15.

Cmdr. R. G. H Linze, to Greenwich, January 22.

Fayrur.-Cmdr.-B. M. Peck to Courageous, January 1.

Lt.-Ümars—F. E. Letroy, to Pre- sident, for service in NOD, Ad- miralty, December 25; KM. Pav dell, to Castor; and 8. "Richard- son, to Vivid, for training duties, December 27; and F. B. Lloyd, to Dryad, for Tactical School, J- uary 8.

Lts B. C. Howe, to Curacos December 18; J. C... Nelson, to Woolston; and K. N. Fraser, to Thruster, January 1

Lts. (E). D.-W. H. Coughlin, to Vivid. for Devonport Yard, Decem- ber 27; C. P. Buttar, to Electra: and H.-B. Samwaya, to Escort. December 28; A. J. H. Goodwin, to Diamond. January 3; and J. T. Winn (act), ot Shropshire. Jau- uary 11.

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Paymr. Sub-Lts.-G. H. Stan- ning, to Malaya, Jannaty 8; and R. L. Kirby, to St Angelo. -Jan- Suary (12

London Air Mail Letter

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Jack Hilton in the Air: The New President of St. Johns: legible Handwriting: India's Test Captain:

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Dec. 20 KING EDWARD'S FUND A meeting of the General Coun- cil of King Edward's Hospital Fund for London for the purpose of awarding grants to the hos pitals and convalescent humes for the present year was held at St. James's Palace.

The Prince of Wales, who was in the chair, read the following message from the King, patron of the fund:

The King is delighted to beari that King Edward's Hospital Fund proposes to make another distribution of 200 000. His Majesty is much impressed by the success of the rocks of "the King's Fund and of the hospi tals generally to matriain their Income during themes; diferite,

years.

AIR JACK HILTON HETHE

wireless An :amusing stunt" was carried out to day over London-all to advertise, the Bost

Office exhibition to the

Strand.

Jack Kylton and His Bind went

the letter is bere reproduced, with the translation" below.

It is said that the father of the

present Marquis of Londonderry once addressed a letter to Lord. Carson at "Belfast, Ireland, but the writing was so bad that the letter was sent to India.

During a debate in the Lords in 1867 the clerk intimated that an amendment had been handed in which was so badly written that it could not be read.

It was discovered that the author was Lord Lyttelton, and that the amendment proposed to disfranchise all persons who were unable to write. «

PROVING HIS POINT The trouble about people whose handwriting is bad is that they will never realise just how bad it.

A friend of mine wrote an ar- ticle on this subject, in which he argued that bad handwriting was simply bad manners. He was par- ticularly severe on legible signa tures...

The

By the Irony of fate, he uncon- up in the big four-stined 40-sciously proved his point. The seater: Imperial Airways liner name printed at the top of the Heracles and few right across article was not his name. Liridon to the Post On receiv-compositor had made it something

quite different ing station near Baldock, Herts

Above the aerial st Baldock the circled for twenty Heracles minutes, 3,000 feet up while the band played popular ditties, he cluding the appropriate number

I'm on the Telephone NON

CARLTON HOUSE-TERRACE Clubland's invasion of: Carlton House-terrace is nothing new. It began soon after the war, when the Union Club acquired their present big corner house beside the Duke of York's statue. 8-The advent of Crockford's how.

ever, marks, something of a de the

to difered somewhat in character parture, for this club has hither- from those other pillars of St. l'James's......

MR. ORVILLE, WRIGHT On the eve of the thirdgth Payme. Mid-J. Charles to De-niversary of his his vonshire, January 12. 4-"

Blight, Mr. Orville Wright was guest of honour at a dinner at Philadelphia on Saturday.

In some hesitant reminiscences he remarked that his fight was The not his greatest thrill greatest thrill," he said, was in imagining how it would feel to fly. It came even before we start ed the experiment."

Paymer. Cadet D. J. H, Breiling, to Devonshire, January 12.

Cd: Gunner (T.)—A. H, Bud- den, to Velox, January 1.

WL-Engia.-E.. T. Paffard, to to curacos: and W. H. Warren; Durban, December 18.

THE NEW PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHNS The election of Dr. Norwood as president of St. John's College, Oxford, adds another to the list of distinguished

schoolmasters

RESERVE FLEET CHANGES H.M.8. Caledon has now become ship of the Senior" Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport, on the paying of of the Comins for disposal. The present Senior Officer is Cap- tain C. N. Reyne, AD.C. The cruiser Capetown has been paid off into dockyard "control at De who have become heads of col- vonport after trials on the conclu- leges. One example was A. C. after a famous sion of large repairs. Next year Benson, who,

career as assistant master at Eton, she is to relleve the Caradoc in China." To-day HMA Curacoa, became master of Magdalene Col- Dr. Percival, at one time flagship during the lege. Cambridge. War" of Admiral Sir Reginald afterwards the bishop, "left the Tyrwhitt at Harwich, will relleve head mastership of Cuffon to be- the Champion 28 gunnery and come president of Trinity. Oxford, torpedo school cruiser at Ports and Dr. James left the mouth. The cruiser Durban, just mastership of Rugby to become returned from South America, will president of St. John's, reduce to special complement at Devonport on January 17, to re-decessors, was an undergraduate of St. John's. When he left Ox- At: She will recommission in the

ford he went into the Civil ser spring for the 3rd Cruiser Squavice, coming out first in the Class dron, Mediterranean Station.

year as

head

Dr. Norwood, unlike his two pre-

In the leading clubs in this part of London card-playing is for the most part incidental. For Crockford's since the name revived with the opening. of its present Hertford-strent home. it has been the raison d'être.:.

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In its new and most" dignised home the club apparently intenda to launch out on broader Hnds. Nor, from what I hear, is it cer tain that the extension already announced marks the limits its ambitions.

of

SOLD FOR £800 Since The Daily Telegraph two months ago was the first to reveal that the remaining twenty-eight years of the lease of the late Lord Cowdray's home in Carlton House terrace had been acquired for £800, there has been much specu-

Iation as to its future.

I am in a position to say that the property was acquired at that very low price OL behalf of å member of the Cowdray family, At an intermediate stage nego- tiations were proceeding with view to its acquisition by a third party for conversion into flats.

WOMEN'S BRIDGE

HEADQUARTERS

I gather that 16, Carlton House- terrace will become the head- quarters of. the new women's bridge movement. The Marquise de Dumas and Lady Milne are the leading spirits, and are now busy choosing decorations fol their new premises. "NA Under the recently formed Na- tional Bridge Association, it is in tended to form women's teams of four all over the country, who wil compete for a trophy which Lady Mine is to present.

1. competition. After two years at HMS. CAPETOWN The cruiser Capetown, Captain the Admiralty he decided that he preferred teaching, and he went Sir Atwell Lake, was due to com-

to Leeds Grammar School to teach plete large repairs at Devonport the classical sixth. Then he had Dockyard on Tuesday. She will ten successful years as head join the reserve at standard notice master of Bristol, followed by until required to commission fo

Dine years as head master of service on the China Station next Marlborough, where he made such

relief for the Carados, a reputation that it used to be Captain E. N. Byiret, which reach said of him that a chit from Nor- ed the age limit for cruisers in wood would get a head mastership June last The Capetown's last for any member of his staff," service in full commission was on

He left Mariborough in 1928 to the America and West Indies Sta go to Harrow, at a time when tion, from which she returned in Harrow was in low water, in reply. 1929.

to an appeal from the late Arch COMMAND OF THE LIFFEY – |bishop of Canterbury and Mr. Lieutenant-Commander GA. M. Baldwin. In his general outlook V. Harrison is to assume command he is cautiously progressive, andAt the same time men's teams to-day of the Liffey, Lahery pro in Oxford be will be a good deal tection gunboat, in succession to L more liberal than either Dr. Bel Cmdr. J. A., Barter. The new C.O. lamy or Dr. James, who between returned recently from Chins in them ruled St. John's for nearly the aircraft carrier Hermes, of sixty years which he was Drst Heutenant- VILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING commander for three years HeIt is considerate of the British entered. Osborne as a cadet in Museum authorities to January, 1909, and when the War "translation of a letter of the began was a midshipman of the late George Baintsbury the famous ed dla in her first Test match Thunderer, Grand Ficet Promot-literary critic and wine connois ed to sub-lieutenant in September, seur, which they have just acquirat Lord's last year, has now the further distinction of leading the 1915, he served as such in the ed

side in its first Test on native Bollers

of four will be competing for a trophy presented by Lord Tolle- muche, president of the National Bridge Association. It is an open secret that the winning women's team intends to challenge the men's team ASAM add a

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