Barquettes Hawker.
Suprème de Sole Atlantique.
Poulet Reine Sopwith.
Salade Southern Cross.
Timbale de Fraises Northcliffe.
Gâteau Danois.
Café.
In proposing the toast of “The King,” the Chairman of the gathering, Brigadier-General Sir Capel Holden, paid a tribute to His Majesty’s intense interest in aviation. His Majesty had, he said, acted according to the old motto, “He gives twice who gives quickly,” by his having “done away with red-tape” in promptly decorating their two guests.
The Chairman also mentioned that in 1913 Harry was congratulated on having been nearly successful in flying round Great Britain in a Sopwith seaplane for the Daily Mail £5,000 prize; and it was again owing to the foresight and generosity of Lord Northcliffe that the attempt to cross the Atlantic was due.
Mr. Thomas Marlowe said that Harry had given him to understand that if he and Grieve had not found the steamship Mary they would have found another in an hour or two, and that in any case there was no danger whatever—a statement which provoked considerable amusement. Mr. Marlowe paid a tribute to the very great assistance rendered by the Royal Aero Club, and in particular by the secretary, Commander Perrin, in the making of arrangements in connection with the flight.