Twice during the frst week of February people living in St, Petersburg, Florida, received their paper, the two days the sun did not shin now about twenty-five and originated out of the rletor of the Paper over Climatic conditions of the place, the regularity with which the sun did shine, and his determination to secure for the place the name "The Sunshine City." "Consequently. on S¢ptember 1, 1910, by means of a full page advertisement in his journal, he announced that he would give away the home edition of his newspaper en anyway that the sun filled to shine before 3 pin. Despite the fact that on two days in this one week the sun failed {0 come up to expecta tion, in more than twenty-five years the paper has been given away' only 420 times, or approximately five edly tons 'a year, The fact that there are so few free distributions ts sutfclently indicative of the weather which prevails at St, Petersburg, and the newspaper proprietor's under~ faking does not on the face of it seem to bear on him too hardly, but if anyone sought to do the same thing in Shanghai, it is to be feared thatthe weather would very soon put the enthusiast completely out of business, for there is a rare coyness tabour the sun at Shanghai on occa ston, At the King's frst investiture at! Buclinghom Palace on February. 18, the Interesting awards included that of the Distinguished 'Service Order to Lieutenant G. J. Hamilton of the! Sth Battalion (Queen Victoria's Own, Corps of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment of the Indian Army. Lieutenant Hamilton, who will be 24 fon the last day' of this month, obtained his commission in September: 1932 and entered the Indian Army in the following year. The service: for which he was awarded the 1).S.0. were rendered on September 29 Fast in operations against the Mohmands fon the North-West Frontier. In that action Caplain Godfrey Meynell. who had- already won the Milliary Cross for gallantry on the Frontier, was morislly wounded after 3 magnificent example of leadership had been set by him as Adjutant to the Battalion, Captain -Meynell, like Lieutenant Hamilton, was a post-war oticer. his commission dating from January 1024. For the bravery which cost him his fe, he was posthumously decorated with the Vieloria Cross, the second award of that high honour since the Armistice, the frst having been made in 1021 to Subadar (then Naik) Ishor Singh of the 28h Punjabis Cnow 3/16th Punjab Regiment). Two other: young amicers, Captain F. J. Doht Indian Medical Service ant J. N, D, 'Tyler, Royal also won' distinction, the former the DS.O. for "fearlessly attending to the wounded although continuously under fire" and the later the Military Cross for gallantry. in action when severely wounded. Captain Doherty received his frst commission in 1934 and Lieutenant Tyler his in 1925. The faction in which these four officers so gallantly proved the worth of thelr} Reneration involved an attack on the Mohmand tribesmen who managed to ambush the Guides with greatly superior force. The resistance Inspired by the leadership of Captain Mcynell and the rest produced. such heavy casualties Inthe enemy ranks that the Initial success of the ambush could not be exploited. Csptain Mey-nell, the son of a soldier, belonged fo a family which had contributed fo the Army for generations. One of} hhis ancestors actually fought inthe Battle of Agincourt. Lieutenant Hamilton, whose D.S.0. has thus} eon won at so early a stage in his military career, was commended "in the relevant Gazette in these terms: wounded and hardly able he" organized. a. defensive {until final retirement was ordered. can be graph th Edward's hands, wa that he had completely recovered from his wounds and was Int for further service with his famous roglment and, it will be hoped, a successful career in the Army to which he belongs,
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