The president and members of the Royal Air Force Association entertained Lieutenant-Colonel R. M. Rod-well and officers of the Royal Ulster Rifles to luncheon at The Dome yesterday. The president said they were all very grateful for the work which the defence forces were performing, and regretted that the restrictions in this time of emergency made more elaborate hospitality more impossible. Colonel Rodwell said in reply that in his opinion the brunt of the work of defence had been performed by the S.V.C. before the arrival of the Ulsters.
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