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PRINCES AND PREMIERS
• Premier Baldwin; the Princes and Preniier ;Bing snapped at ,,the Ottawa welcome
Aviation News.
The, Royal Canadian Aid Foree was
reorganized csr July 1, by 'separating
the civil duties front the military
organization. Three branches will he
dei3eleped 'maze the Deputy Min:ieter
to consist of civil government :flying,
aalministrative work and aeronautioaa,
ouginoering, The .civil"'flying branch
will handle forest surveys and other
government services; the adnsinistra-
tine branch will operate in connection
With air regulations the licensing and
cortificaton of civil air eraft,pilets, air
engineers, air harbor.:, -the 1oTtion of
air routeeanal• assistance to civil avia-
tion. The a:eronauticad engineering
branch will deal with the control of
technical questions of design, researal
week; etc. The training and organize- f
tion of the, Royal Canadian Air Force
and reserves will continue under the I
jurisdiction et the geneeaf staff,
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The Imperial Airways, Ltd., -estab-
lished an airdrome in Gaza, Palestine, 1
early in 1926, where they acquired
about 91 acres of land for tbat purpose.
The Gaza airdrome will forma link.
in the chain of airdromes extesidiug
on the newly opened Cairo-IStsraehi;,
air route.
The air lino between` Montevideo
and Buenos Aires during the mouth of
May. carried 69 passengers and 12
kilograms of corzeaponlenee and 319
kilogazlms of baggage. Twenty-two
scliephled trips were made. An
average flying epeed of 135 kilometea•ei
was maintained; regularity of
schedule was given as 97.5 per oda.
and security at 100 per e=dit.
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German interests have been negoti-
ating with the Icelandic Government
for the eeta.bllsbment of domestic 'air
service and iteeams probable that oeie
will be placed in operation in the near
future.
An air service. between; Durban and
Johannesburg has' been proposed. Tbe
negotiations with lite Union Go'vert'n
went for a.-subetcl of £5000 to support
this eel•VLce has been suoceasful. A
oomeenl' is to. be organized shortly in
South Afrlea backel by fluglish capi-
tal for the: maIntena.nce of the service.
Paseenger s, mall and small quantities
of :light lireight will be transported..
HISTORY
"History is the raw material
With which the imagination in the
novelist builds his castle." -Sir
Philip Grubs.
Bear Goodwill to Canad
from No. 10 Downing Street
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C'- STRENGTHEN TH E EMPIRES TIESr
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Tho •Ilk. Zion, Stanley Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin have Worked their and white printed crepe wrap over a -matching trade. Hee smart black
any into the hearts of Canadians they have met, in "the 'quiet unassuming hat hard a feather mount and rhinestone ornament and sive wore a tulle boa
Waal 40 characteristically theirs, Mrs..$;tanley Baldwin shown ina black and a String of pearle. Her parasol a as of blaek,'fringed with silver. /.
Hop -Off at Sea
y Chamberlin
1%, is Successful
Flier Uses Only 75 Fee=t •of
1,_ 18 -Foot Runway on
;, Leviathan Deck
JUMP IS FORERUNNER
OF. LINER AIR .SERVICE
New York:—A wirelese rnesaage
describing Clarence Chamberlin's
raucceesful inauguratjon of ship -to-
shote airplane service was received
by the United States Linea recently,
ahortly after. Chamberlin had landed
at Cuities Pieta and taken off for,
Teterboro, N.S.
"Inaugurating the ship -to -Shore'
airplane service contemplated for all
the vessel: of the Undted States Lines
fleet," the in read, "Clarence D.
Chan1berlinet0ok off successfully from
lire Leviathan 'at 8,14, his plane leav-I
ing . the runway about 75 'feet from.
the point where he started. The suc-
cessful take off from the runway de-
monstrated that'his theory of employ-
ing 11 runway in preference to. a cata-
pult was logical,'! t•
The runway was 118 feet long.
A GOOD "TAKE -OFF."
"Orders were, given to head the
ship in the- wind, the Leviathan's
speed was inereaetd to 24 knots.
Chamberlin- climbed v into his 'Seat,
sari» ec1 up the motor; and; after 'a
few moments, with a tremendous roar,
the plane' started down -the runway
on the start of another epochal -flight
tea Mr. C'hamberlin's credit.
.The 1,700 passengers aboard the
Leviathan, going to Cherbourg and
'Santhampton. were on deck early to
witness' the hop -off. Just as Mr:
Chan berg n started- down the riinway
a rainbow app•er}aed.in the, sky. Pat's -
angers .entered w'adly and lined the
port side of the ship as Chamberlin
TliE ROYAL BROTHER
said goodbyeto the Leviathan and -
started on hisreturn trip."
Aboard the United Status destroyer
Lawrence, the nearest of the convey
.hips, it was estimated' that the Le-
viathan was 82 miles out frons;. the
Battery when CGhamberlin took off,
according to an account sent in by,
wireless. The Leviathan headed into
a stiff seuthweeterly breeze just be-
fore the little Fokker started down
the runaway, observers en tht destroyer
reptrteda and,the wings gripped the
air quickly at the take -off; Tile pilot
circled over the Leviathan .avid over.
the destroyers ' I awretice 11i11.' , Hum
phries and the Coast Guard D_troy-
er 25. -
The ascent, .was made by. use 'of
blocics which held the plane in posi-
tion as . the motor" attained.' a speed
that assured :a take -off.' Chaniberlils
nranipubated hie plane so thatit
leaped the blocks and the flight was
ort.
Our Railway's Earnings
The gross earnings of, the .banadian
ISational Railways, including the Cen-
tral Clermont Railway,. but excluding
lines east of I.e;.•18 and Diamond Junc-
tiort, for the Week ended July 1.4, 1927,
were $4,731,5$4,00' as' com Brett with
$4,653,924:73 for' the same week of
1916, - an increas.e of $77,6.69.27, or
two per .cell'.: `t
This Method of , Showing the earn
ings of the Canadan National Rail-
ways to iro acco.i•dance with the find-
ings of the Duncan Comnilseron which::
have been given force by Act of Par-
liament, while the, gloss 'earnings of
the Raijw'aye for the week ended July
21, 1927; were 54,916,276:00 as,tom-
pared with $4,582,565,49 foe the' sarne
week of 1926, an increase of $33,-
419.51 or;ono Per cent..
Assistant—"That, sir, is a jacket
you would nevelt wear out Cue-
tomer "No, not without being laugh-
ed at!"
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SHRINE OF M EMORY BENEATH PEACE TOWER AT OTTAWA
A beautiful shrine .of memory hart d
the Prhrce of Wales. The photograph
above taken by the Canadian govern-
ment motion picture bureau, and used
using the war. It was dedicated by by their courtesy, shows this stately
memorial chamber, and on the altar
the Book of Remembrance containing,
the names of those who fell in the
great war.
been set aside in the peaceotower at
Ottawa, rich hi symbolism and elo-
quent of the heroic deeds performed
German Air °trade
German Passenger Plane Ex-
plodes on Landing; 5
Killed in First Luf•
-
tliansa 'Accident
This Year •
Berlin:—Tho first serious accident
thisrear: on the Lufthansa airlines
occurred, on July. 27, when a passen-
ger plane exploded- as it bit the earth
Says British Want Compact
Lasting Until 1931 or 1936
London.—The Westminster Gazette's
diplomatic correspondent 'says:
"I am in a position to state that Sir
Austen Chamberlain's carefully word-
ed statement in ,the Holies bears the
following practical interpretation;
"Great Britain would be willing to
conte to a compromise- agreement
with the United' Staten lasting until
1931, or at the outside 1033 (tiro
period of the exp'iration.ot the Wash-
in a forced landing- between Cassel rington Treaty) which would fix- a
and Giesen. Three passengers and ratio and a figure for 10,000 -ton crate -
the crew of two men were burned to
death. The cause of the accident is
unknown.
Tire plaue was observed .flying very
low over Amoueberg and barely clear-
ed the hill just beyond, that village,
After passing over it the pilot seemed
ers on a basis of Anglo-American
parity, leaving freedom of action" re-
specting lighter cruisers on a- basis of
nattbnai defense requirements.
':Such a temporary arrangement
would pobably save tho conference
from failure, because it would obviate
to be tryingato find a suitable place tying the three Governments concern -
for landing, and followed a winding
road, barely missing several automo-
biles.
After missing' one, car by incites
the plane settled in the roadway and
immediately on touching the ground
burst into flames. Three ooccupants
weite hurled through the windows, but
the Trot flames prevented their being
removed by rescuers.
Pilot Rudolf Doerr, one of the most
trustworthy and able pilots of the
line, and'. Dr. Milch et the Weather
Bureau were thrown beyond reach of
the faro. They. were taken 00000-
scions to a hospital, where both' died
during the course of Lire evening.
The 'only accident to mai Lufthan-
sa's record during last year also cost
five fives. A pains which was then
flying along the Baltic coast was
struck by lightning..
Magistrate at \'e ilkolen: Wbat sort
cd to a permanent international agree-
ment arising front the unsatisfactory
Geneva Conference. It would, more-
over, leave the doorgen for a more
satisfactory arrangement after 1931."
British Columbia Now.
Exports Foodstuffs
Victoria,. B.C.r-Tinal ofltwlal irigures
prepared by the provincial Departmesit
of:.Agrieulture hemp show that the
nga•icitltuial production eef British
Columbia during 1926 , surpaseed
original estimates by, many millions
of dollars. The total value or farm
output wee set at $71,362,209, which
1s .greater than, the figure for any
previous year and a gain of 9.53 per
emit. over the total for 1923. The
production cf the Provinces farms S6
Years ago was .about 40 per Dent, of
the 1926 volume.
i oduc:.s. Agricultural exports. last
year amounted to $8,40.8,639 or a gain
of 29.91 per cent. over 1925. Imports,
on the other hand, increased only 7.58
per cent., totalling $21,053,361,
Rescues Bather
Miss Gertrude lderle made briiflant
rescue at Santa Monica, Cal„ recently.
Hand Maidens.
of a son has be been to you? The The new statisttes slaw that the' Responsibility walks hand in 1
mother: Quite a boy, air; any- Province which only a few years ago ,hhnd with capacity' and power.—
than Iris father, who .has ood
tmpoeted most or its foodstuffs has l e. J. G. Holland.
hew, better,
,r1111 away. - leo= a substantial exporter of these
Ottawa Welcomes Our Distinguis�ied Visitors -
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SCENE BEFORE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS DURING,. OFFICIAL WELCOME
ar stirringr'tsseniblage• when .the !loyal Sone Of Wlucl205 and, Britain's. fest eaiminenea• were weleomerl ud;
The Peace Tower, looked clown. upon `a be t
par•liame.nt I1r11
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