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dinner and dance of the Automobile Engineering Training College and College of Aeronautical Engineering, Sydney Street, King's Road, London, S.W.3, which was held on Wednesday, November 22, at Grosvenor House,
• Park Lane, London, W., the chair being taken by the principal of the two colleges, Mr. C. H. Roberts. Some 400 guests attended, many of them being well-known personalities in the industries concerned.
The toast of these two industries was given by the chairman, who said that they were the finest and most go-ahead in the world. He mentioned that Lord Wakefield of Hythe had consented to become the first president of the colleges, and said that we were approaching an era which will bring a large measure of prosperity to both motoring and avia
tion, so that students will have many opportunities before them. A large annexe had been opened for the second-year automobile students, thus doubling the floor space of the college premises in the London area, and an extensive and up-to-date hangar had been erected at Brooklands.
The career side of the work had been most successful. All those students having the Automobile Diploma and requiring assistance had been placed in positions.
On the aeronautical side, an affiliated scheme of training had been put into practice, and some of the first students in this section are now being transferred for specialized training with aerodromes and operating or manufacturing companies.
In the college aero-engine shop alone there are 56 power units of 20 different types, of which 38 are modern and 12 are supercharged. In this shop 160 complete overhauls have been carried out, 53 on engines of 450 h.p. and over, and 92 on those of 100-150 h.p. Thirty-five students sat for the Associate Fellowship examination of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and 25 passed ; 11 entered the examination for the Institution of Automobile Engineers and all passed. The Countess of Drogheda last year presented a challenge trophy to the Automobile College, and Mr. J. M. Mollison gave another to the Aeronautical College, and these, together with other prizes, were handed to the winners by Mrs. Shelmerdine. Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E., responded for the automobile industry, and Mr. F. Handley Page, C.B.E., for the aeronautical side.
Colonel Shelmerdine said that he looked forward to an enormous boom in the automobile and aeronautical in,dustries.