Second Edition In the Air.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 56, 11 February 1916, Page 6

Second Edition In the Air.

' AUSTRIAN TOWN RAIDED. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. {DnixcL Pkbkb Association.] . Paris, 'February 9. Vienna information confirms the partial destruction of Skoda, in addition to the destruction of a gim work- - shop and a .technical bureau with records and plans. The explosion was / caused by a melinite bomb, and it was ( undoubtedly due to criminal hands. { | Over three, hundred were killed and several hundred were injured. ' AIR 1 MINISTER ADVOCATED. ” . London, February 10. The Pall Mall Gazette and the Globe have joined in the cry for an Air Minister. Sift PERCY SCOTT. Loudon, February 10. Numerous Parliamentarians who have been interviewed/ object to Admiral Sir Percy Scott’s dismissal, on the ground that. there ■ has been no raid on London since he was appointed. They urge that Mr Churchill should be given the command of the • air services. • • ’,. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RfclDS. February 10. i The Midland counties have arranged a system of precautions.- independent of the War Office. Liverpool, the .Potteries, Leicester, Bedford, and Worcester, have warned the public as to the cutting oft of gas and electricity. The majority of the news-, papers are-, chuuorbus for the urgent training "of men, and the institution of experiments in the construction of aircraft with i view to securing dominance ini the air, ppiptiug out that powerful offensives are necessary. GERMANS EXPECT REPRISALS. ' London, February 10. The German staff has warned Kiel and to expect air raid reprisals.l vj I