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Return Of Lord Londonderry

EXPERIENCES OF HIS

EASTERN TOUR

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, Feb. 7.

JAPAN TO HIT

BACK

Commercial Retalia-

tion

Tokyo, Feb. 15.

The Department of Finarice is busily engaged in the study of measures to protect Japan's com- mercial rights abroad, or, in other words, the measures to be taken against nations bringing updue pressure on Japanese goods. The Department has been asked by the

Lord Londonderry, Secretary of NAVAL APPOINT-Foreign Office and the Department

MENTS

(Special Air-Mail Service)

to

Candra-D. J. R Simson, Cumberland, Feb. 8 and C. 4. H. Brooking, appt. to Cumberland can celled.

State for Air, who returned to London yesterday at the end of his 16,000 miles' tour of H.A.F. stations in the middle East and India, gave some particulars of his experiences and impressiona. Among his adventures was a certain amount of night flying, a 15-hours' ajr journey against a 50 miles an hour headwind, and an encounter with a

London, Feb. 7. The Admiralty notified the follow. violent down-draught over the mouning appointments yesterday: toins near Quetta, in which his aero- plane lost 2,000ft. of height in 1080c.

The very long day's flight occurred on the homeward journey. The Imperial Airways liner, which cruises at about 15 miles an hour, needed 15 hours to make the 950 miles between Sharfah, on the Arabian coust, and Baghdad. Three calls had to be made for fuel.

"But," said Lord Londonderry, the pilot was determined to get through and we spent 15 hours on a journey which should have been done in ahout nine"

The experience of the strong vertical current took place when Lord Londonderry's military aero

plane was about to cross the mountains

on the way to Quetta from the North West Frontier on January 21. It was flying at a height of 9,000ft. when

Bud- denly it was caught by the_down-cur- rent and dropped 2,000ft. The down- draught persisted, and the pilot had to give up the intention of crossing the mountains and take a longer route around them

Air Currents. Kemarking on the vagaries of wir currents in mountain countries, Lord Londonderry said that a twin-engined machine which followed soon after wards found an up-current where the earlier machine had found a down- current and was driven up from 9,000ft. to nearly 14,000ft.

Lord Londonderry was very much impressed with the way in which his schedula had been kept throughout the fight. The only case in which it failed was due to the disorganization on the railway between Paris and Brindisi on account of the railway accident just outside Paris." He spoke highly of the punctuality of Airways Services, and the super

of the E.AF. for his arrangements figlite which were often made over very bad country like that between Akbar and Amman, and the whole of that over the North-West Frontier He said that some of his flights over tribal territory reminded him of the remark of one of his pilots when he was flying over similar country in Kurdistan a year before: "You can thank your lucky stars you are behind a British engine."

The North-West Frontier. Speaking of his Indian tour, he aaid he visited every RAF. station and every R.AF. unit in India, talked to some of the men, and inspected the quartors institutes. He was satisfied that everything possible was being done for the health, comfort, and efficiency of officers and men, and that every care was taken to see that machines and equipment were kept in first-class condition. He was also delighted to find everywhere a keen spirit of enthusiasm in all ranks. His tour of the North-West Frontier enabl cd him to realize the beneficial influenco exercised by Great Britain over this difficult area In the task, which was being done there, the R.A.F. was work ing in the closest conjunction with the Army, and was developing that co- ordination of effort which could have no other result but increased economy and efficiency.

Alluding to the Empire mail route, he said attention would have to be turned immediately to questions of acceleration means of night flying He thought the public was sure to demand increased speed both for passenger and mail transport. He also expressed the belief that fewer obsta cles would be placed in the way of commercial aviation since all countrice, appeared to be appreciating the ad vantages of air transport and to desire that ita facilities should be extended.

RUBBER RESTRICTION

A Mast Significant Pronouncement

Surga-Cmdr. (Retd.). R. N. W. W. Biddulph, to Cardiff, Feb. 27.

Lts.-W. Wicks, to Veteran, Feb. 8; and T. S. Jackson, appt to Veteran cancelled.

Cd. Gunners.-F. G. Roper, to Drake, and F. Frost, to Scotsman, Feb. 12, H. C. Selway, to Effingham, Feb. 15; and T. A. Read, to Durlan, on recommg.

Cd. Gunners (1) H. Dean, to Stronghold, Feb. 13: W, Christains, to Ajax. Feb. 14, and J. Lissimor, to Durban, on recoinmg., Mar, f.

We. Engrs.-E. J. R. Kirton-Vaug; han, to Witherington, Feb. 20; and W. Smith, to Suffolk, Feb. 25.

ENTRY

Commerce and Industry to elaborate a suitable plan, and their intention is to introduce the neces- sary bill in the present session of the Diet."

It is still uncertain what shape the new bill will take, or what stipula- | tions will be embodied in it. Mr. Takahashi Minister of Finance, holds, as repeatedly noted in these columns, that when international economic

constantly, the Government should aspects are changing Legislative authority to take such

'measures as the occasion demands.

It is highly probable, therefore that the new bill will contain only fundamental rules. coached in an. abstract form and with no detailed stipulations leaving everything, to the discretion of the Government. In

the event of the bill being passed into law, the Finance Minis- ter, the Foreign Minister and Min- ister of Commerce and Industry will be at liberty to discussing tariffs and other taking what measures they think matters, and

nt-Japan chronicle

The Hox. A. W. Jayne, as Chaplain LAUNCH RUNS AGROUND and apptd. to Victory for R.N.E., Feb.

19.

ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE

Mishap At Whampao

Lt. Cmdr. 1. E. Leadbetter,

According to a Canton vernacu- placed on the Retd. List, Jan. 26.

L-A R. Stevens, to Drake for (G.)ing the week-end, a steam launch, lar paper, it is reported that "dur- Course, Feb. 24, and to Dellance,,for F(T) Course, Mar. 10.

Proby. Mid-A. W. Legh, to Barham, Feb. 3.

Cd. Engr.-R. Thomson, to Eng- ham, Feb. 3.

NEW SLOOP MINESWEEPER.

Milner Barry is appointed from Mon-

Lieutenant-Commander. J.

O'B day next to the Harrier, minesweep ng stoop, building at the works of Thornycroft and Co., Southampton Five floors of this class are con building or projected, the Halcyon and Skipjack, due for completion due to be launched in the spring; and the Mayi Harrier and Speedwell, the contract for which about to be placed. Commander Milner Barry returned Lieutenant- recently from China, where he was first beutenant-commander of the aircraft carries Eagle.

..

THE ARMY

Two New Major- Generals

(Special Air-Mall Service).

Landon, Feb. 7.

is

The promotion to major-general of two colonels was gazetted last night Brigadier Donald E. Robertson, C.B D.3.0., A.D.C., and Colonel. Henry A. Lewis, C.B.E

Brigadier Robertson is advanced at 54, after 34 years' service with the Indian Army, and is now Director of Personal Services at Army Headquar ters, New Delhi His regiment was the 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) and on the Staff he was A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir Malcolm Grover in the 14th Quetta Division, D.A.AG. in France at G.HQ. and with the 12th Division, AA.G. at Mesopotamia beadquarters вад Northern Command, commander of the Jhansi and Bareilly Brigades, and officiating O.C. of the Presidency and Assam District.

Colonel Lewis becomes a general officer at 54, after 36 years' artillery service. He is on the Ordnance and R.A. Committees, and in June will go to the War Office as Director of Artil lery. As a subaltern he was at the defence and relief of Tientsin and Feking, and as a captain was with No. 75 Company, R.0.A. On passing the gunnery staff course he was instructor. at Aden and Shoeburyness, and at Woolwich as an experimental super- intendent. The latter work was con tinued under the Ministry of Muni tions, with a break for service in London, February 24. France, and he returned to Shoebury The statement of Dr. Colijn, the ness as Superintendent of Experi- Dutch Premler, to the effect that ments. For some time he was secret- rubber restriction is necessary and ary of the Ordinance Committee, and desirable is the moat significant was Assistant Director of Artillery at pronouncement on the subject yet the War Office up to 1927. He is pro- made and the most definite admoted with today's date in place of vance, says the "Financial Times," Major-General L. C. L. Oldfield, who remarking that the tin experience to-day goes to the retired list on re shows something of the possibilities tum from the Malaya Command at In rubber restriction, but observing

Singapore. that the agreement in principle has not by any means solved all the diffenities- Rauter.

A debate will be held between the. -Hongkong University Graduates Association and the Education- Society on the subject that mar- H.M.S, Cornwall, which went red women should have a profes- Home to be refitted and recommis-gional career," on Wednesday 7tb., sioned for further service on the March, at 8.30 p.m., in the Union Chine Station arrived in the Assembly Room of the University Colony from Bingapore on Batur Proposers: Mr. Law Chin. Tang, day morning, Sho is of the Fifth Miss Josephine Wong; opposers Cruiser Squadron

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