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ADMIRAL HALL
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NOT TO CONTEST SEAT
London. Yesterday. Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, Con- servative member of Eastbourne, will not contest the division at the General Election!
This decision has been renchel owing to his continued ill-health.
The Admiral becarac famous for his work as head of the Naval In- telligence Department during the wir. He several times narrowly escaped nussination. He was a genius at counter-espionage and was responsible for obtaining Bernstorff's letter, which was the factor which decided America to enter the War.-British Wireless Service.
THE PRIMATE MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE FOR HIS HEALTH
sair."
FOUR WEEKS' TRIP
London, March 16. The Archbishop of Canterbury will leave England on Easter Mon- day for a tour in the Mediterranean in Pierpont Morgan's yacht "Cor- The tour was planned some two years ago as a purely private holiday. It now comes at a for- tunate moment, which should be of great assistance in completing the Archbishop's convalescence, but it is pointed out that circumstances make it more imperative that the trip should be of a private char- acter.
The trip will last four weeks, and
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DIRECTOR TO REPORT ON FAR EAST TOUR
JAPAN EXPRESSES. THANKS
Geneva, Yesterday,
The governing body of the Inter- national Labour Office has concluded Its sessions, which will next be held In June, when the. director (M. Thomas) will report on his taur to the Far East.
CRASH
13 KILLED: 1 INJURED TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEW JERSEY
PILOT UNHURT
New York, Yesterday.
Thirteen, persons were killed and
Buriously
injured when
Mr. Yoshisaka, on behalf of one Japan, thanked the director for his, Colonial Airways 'plane crashed at
Newark Mendows, New Jersey, visit to Japan.-Router.
U.S. FLOODS
750 SCHOOL CHILDREN MAROONED
1
ELBA UNDER WATER
Montgomery, Alabama,
Saturday,
The pilot was unhurt.-Reuter's American Service.
MARSHAL FOCH
GRAVE CONDITION CAUSING DEEP CONCERN
NINE DOCTORS CONSULT
Paris, Yesterday.
Deep concern is felt in Paris at condition of Marshal
Practically the whole population of Elba has been forced to climb to the
number of the grave roofs and a families has taken refuge, on the Foch. tree tops. 150 are reported drown-
Sever, kidney trouble has deve- doctors consider an operation necessary. Owing to his The last news, prior to the cut-general condition, however, such a ting off of communications, came course is impossible at the moment. No less than nine doctors held a from a brave woman telephone operator who described the onrush consultation over the patient on of the floods and sald that nearly Saturday evening-Reater. the whole city was under water.- Reuter's American Service.
(An
led and 850 children marooned in a loped and the school.
PRINCE GEORGE GOING TO FOREIGN OFFICE ON DUTY
IN WESTERN DEPARTMENT
London, Yesterday.
earlier cable stated:- Very serious floods are following the heavy raina in Alabama, Nebraska, Iowa and Georgia, Illinois. Alabama has suffered the At least five towns are in- worst. undated, including Flomaton and
In order to enable him to become Brewton, where 10,000 persons are
in danger as they are noquainted with affairs from reported to without food supplies. Four thou-diplomatic angle, Prince Gearge will sand, were cut off on the 14th inst, on March 18 take up a short spel at Elba.
of temporary duty in the Foreign
At present it is impossible to Office. Afterwards he le expected
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it is expected that the Primate will estimate the number of dead and in- to join a squadron stationed either visit Athens, Alexandria and Jera-jured as communications have been. In the Pacific or the western seas.
Seaplanes are drop- As the Prince will be brought in salem and that visits will be paid cut off.
to the high ecclesiastics in those ping bread for those mardon-contact mainly with the peoples of
and John jed cities. At Jerusalem Sir
SPEED MANIA
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S
la gome Areas na-the American continent, his period: Chancellor, the High Commissioner tional guardamen and coastguards in the Foreign Offke will be spent attempting to rescue by in the western department-Reuter. for Palestine, has arranged a re-are ception in honour of the Arch- means of motor-boats:] bishop. Every effort will be made to spare him unnecessary exertion. The Archbishop is much better in health and it is expected that after the sea trip he will be fully able to resume the great activity to which he is accustomed.-British Wireless Service.
STORMY SPAIN
DISORDERS NOW BECOMING WORSE
Hendaye, Saturday.
The Spanish disorders are be- coming wore. Disturbances have London, Yesterday, The death is broken out in Granada and the announced of Mr. Frank Bradley effigy of General Prime de Rivera Varley, the Labour Member of torn to pieces. Parliament for Marisfield since 1928. Mr. Varley, who was 44 years
Fathers to be fined
Madrid, Saturday.
of age, was the financial secretary Madrid's Cabinet has decided
DECISION
NO TURNING BACK
Cape Town, Saturday. Captain Malcolm Campbell, after fruitless attempts to find, a suitable track in the Sahara and elsewhere, has finally selected the dried up bed of Lake Verneukpan, in Cape Province, 400 miles from Cape Town.
He went there in January to pre-
to the Nottingham Miners' Associa-that those studenta guilty of par- tion. He is the tenth member of ticipation in the disturbances will pare for his attempt on the world's the House of Commons to die within be sent to rigorous Imprisonment speed record in his car, Bluebird.
He has been inundated with and their fathers will be heavily three. months-Reuter.
fined if the students are under age, messages from Britain since the Eighteen students, whose parents death of Lee Bible urging him to The plan for Miss Isobel Elaom reside in the provinces, are being abardon the "suicidal" attempt. to appear at the London Coliseum in sent home as the universities are Sir James Barrie's playlet, "Half to be closed for a long time-Rea- by Reuter, said "I have embarked An Hour," has fallen through.
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on the enterprise, from which thers will be no turning back."| He had surmounted tremendous difficulties in connection with the track, and he had overcome others, but the track possessed wonderful possibilities, and he was confident of success. He declared that the tests were highly interesting and! Instructive because, whilst an alti tuds of 3,000 fest meant 11 par cent. loss of engine power, due to impaired carburation, some com- pensation was likely to accrue from the reduced air resistance to the rarefied atmosphere. Reuter.
Manslaughter Invitations
New York, Saturday. The "New York World," in editorial, says that Major Segrave and others have merely succeeded in proving the possibility of drivi jing on a spacial track specially constructed, but this is useless in a car at a pace which it is too dangerous to permit. Why does not the automobile industry accept this proof as ancient and frown on all future exhibitions? Why does any town issue invitations for manslaughter?-Reuter's American Service.
Exports of cotton and artificial eilk mixed piece goods last year exceeded, those of 1927 by 26,955-
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