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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21909, 22 March 1933, Page 3

Lieutenant-colonel John Pawson, who on the occasion of his ninety-fifth birthday last year received a signed photograph from the King together with congratulations on being “ the oldest living gunner,” has died at his home at Plumstead, Kent. He would have been 96 on February 1, and it was only a week before his death that he had his first tooth extracted. Colonel Pawson enlisted as a trumpeter in 1849, and was present at the Battle of Balaclava and the siege of Sebaetopool, in the Crimean campaign. At the age of 77 he volunteered for war work, and became quartermaster of the Auxiliary Horse Depot at Woolwich. Before long a robot aeroplane may be able to carry one from Land’s End to Aberdeen or Ultima Thule without human pilotage. This result is foreshadowed by the “ pilot’s assister,” designed by the British Air Ministry to relieve pilots of the physical and nervous strain of flying for long periods. After the pilot has taken off and gained some altitude this apparatus takes over the rudder and elevation controls, and in actual practice the robot has been proved to keep a better course than the human pilot is able to do. The instrument consists of an ajr-driven free gyroscope which operates air-valves supplying the servo-motors connected with the controls. 5 QUICK Q-tol facts $ Soothes and heals sunburn. 6 Promotes a healthy sun tan. G Stops itch of insect bites. « Keeps the skin of outdoor men and women supple and fit for sport, © Wholly New Zealand Made. Oct a bottle .of tt-tol Skin Emollient TODAYi