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-BRITAIN NOW HOLDS
ABERDEEN
DEFEATED BY
HIBERNIANS
Rangers Held To Draw By Queen's Park.
SCOTTISH CUP DRAW
Blackburn And Wednesday Garner Points.
London, To-day.
Aberdeen are out of the Scottish Cup. Yesterday they lost their replay with the Hibernians by the only goal scored.
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The Hibs have received a bye into the Fourth Round, while the other Edinburgh team, the Hearts, will meet St. Johnstone at home in the Third Round, which will be decided February 18, the same day as the Fifth Round of the F.A. Cup.
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Queen's Park,, the famous amu- tours, again held the Rangers, the holders, to a draw, and, should! they provide the sensation of the round, they will meet Klimarnock, last year's finalists, on the latter's ground.
Blackburn Rovers surprised the Throstles on their own ground when they secured both points by a margin of 3 goals to 1. The Wednesday
at overcame Leeds
Hills- borough by two clear goals and are now only two points
in arrears of the Arsenal for
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WORLD'S THREE MAIN AVIATION
The Right Hon. Mr. George Lansbury, MP, accompanied by Mr. Tam Groves, M.P., at Brixton Prison gate, awalts admission to see Mr. Tom Mann, the Communist, who is serving a twi month sentence because he refused to enter into recognisances regarding his conduct as the leader of the unemployed move
ment..
THREE DEAD IN JAPANESE
FLYING BOAT CRASH
In a class by itself
DUNLOP FORT
RECORDS
DISTANCE, SPEED AND ALTITUDE BRITAIN'S
R.A.F. NON-STOP FLIGHT
OF 5,340 MILES
57 HOURS IN THE AIR THROUGH BAD WEATHER
IMPORTANCE OF PROGRESS OF FLYING. TO THE EMPIRE.
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LONDON, TO-DAY.
FRENCHMEN
TO ATTEMPT ..
NEW RECORD
To Start.
WAR DEBT
DELEGATION
Premier To Travel To Washington.
Famous Pilots Ready PROBABLY START LATE THIS
SOUTH AMERICA PROBABLE OBJECTIVE.
MONTH.
London, To-day- Reuter understands that the Government has made provisional Marseilles, To-day. arrangements for Mr. Ramsay Mac- Fired by the success of Squadron Donald, the Premier, and Mr. Wal- ter Runciman, President of the GREAT BRITAIN RECAPTURED THE LONG-DISTANCE Leader Gayford and Flight Lieuten- Board of Trade, and subject to Bad- FLIGHT RECORD YESTERDAY BY 328 MILES, WHEN SQUA- aut Nicholetts, the famous French get exigencies, Mr. Neville Cham DRON-LEADER GAYFORD AND FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT long distance airmen, Ms. Boussou-berlain, Chancellor of the Exche NICHOLETTS LANDED AT WALFISH BAY, SOUTH AFRICA, trot and Roui, it is understood, quer, to proceed to Washington in AT 4.40 P.M., AFTER FLYING A NON-STOP DISTANCE OF have decided to start immediately due course, for the debt conversa-
tions.
The high calibre of the delega- 5,340 MILES. SHORTAGE OF FUEL ROBBED THE FLYERS OF on an attempt to beat the English-
tlon was accepted as an indication THEIR CHANCE TO REACH CAPETOWN,
Boussoutrot and Rossi, who are of the importance which the Gov- the holders of the world's record ernment attaches to the war debt 6,587 miles flight in a closed cir-negotiations,
The pilota showed few signs of the strain of their 57-hour jour- ney, part of which was accomplished under bad weather conditions.
The Air Ministry in a report on the flight says:
men.
be in
cuit, have been waiting since Sep- The delegation probably will de- now holds the world's three main aviation records, namely, speed, try to beat the American long-dis- altitude and distance. These records, collectively, Illustrate the out-tance record-
As previously reported, their ob- Meanwhile experts of the Board standing merits of British aircraft engines and equipment.
jective will probably be South of Trade are near the end of
"The capture of the long-distance record means that Britain tember for a suitable opportunity to part late in February to
Washington shortly after the in-
The flight has also shown the PETROL DRAINED BY America.-Reuter,
BAD WEATHER.
Army Officer In progress being made in the solu-
The Tower
tion of a very important problém,| namely the economical employ- ment of our limited air resources.
Londen, To-day Territorities in which the The Air Ministry claims that
the same number of games Seven Escape After Plunge Into War Office Confirm Royal Air Force may be called the American record by the
played.
In the junior league game New Brighton provided a surprise when they sent Chester away pointless. Wrexham, who are second in this division table have now an oppor- tunity to displace the lenders who are two games ahead with a three! point lead.
The following were the resulta:
First Division.
West Brom. 1 Blackburn Wednesday 2 Leeds
Third Division (North). New Brighton 3. Chester
Scottish Cup Replays. Hibernians 1 Aberdeen "Queen's Park 1 Rangers
* after extra time.
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1
Tokyo Harbour.
Tokyo, To-day.
Developing engine trouble and nose-diving into the sea, one of the Navy's lateat and largest fly- ing-boats plunged last night into
"Bay. Tokyo
The Lieutenant-Commander and two petty officers were trapped in the fuselage and drowned, but the remaining seven members of the crew were able to swim ashere, Reater.
NEW JAPANESE PROPOSALS
Scottish Cup Draw-Third Round Committee Of 19 Meets
Hearts v. St. Johnstone. Celtic v. Partick.
Motherwell v. Dundee.
Kilmarnock V. Rangers
Queen's Park.
-Albion, Clyde,
•
Stenhousemuir
and Hibernians have received byes into the Fourth Round-Reuter.
(Tables on Page 4.)
STOLEN DUTCH WARSHIP
Mutineers Renew Terms.
"NO VIOLENCE.”
Batavin, To-day.
A renewed offer of sur. render on the terms laid.. down in their previous mes- sage has been made by the mutineers of the Dutch crui ser, De Zeven Provincien in a fresh message received by their Commander.
adds:
The mensage - "Please inform the higher suthorities that there are no Communist leanings and violence is intended. no
We only protest against the wage cats and the arrest of
To-day.
CONCILIATION EFFORT.
London, To-day. The Secretary General of the League of Nations at Geneva yesterday received Japan's further proposals for the settling of the Sino- Japanese dispute by concilia. tion.
They will be considered by the Committee of Nineteen to-day.
Panchan Lama In
Peking.
NOT YET RETURNING
TO TIBET.
Earlier Report.
London, To-day.
Ireland Withholds £2,550,000
upon to operate at short notice beaten by 328 miles the lie in so many parts of the world Cranwell-Walfish Bay flight.
The pilots showed no signs of that it is impossible to station permanent air garrisons in each, their 57 hours' flight and were The War Office state that an adequate to dealth with all cir- perfectly groomed. They attend- ed personally to the safety of officer of the Scaforth Highland-cumstances which can arise.
their machine and later went toj the Air "The policy of ers is under arrest in the Tower
Ministry has therefore been to develop a system by which - air units can be flown rapid-
of London on a charge of an al- leged offence under the Official Secrets Act. - Reuter.
"A London report yesterday stat- ed that the officer is held pending investigation into an alleged leak-
aga of secret information to a for-
eign Power..
BRITISH COTTON INDUSTRY
Japanese Competition In India.
COMMONS DISCUSSION
London, To-day. The House of Commons yesterday discussed the Lan- cashire cotton industry me-
of tion-
the Conservative member. Lt. Col. Sir Walter Smiles, who called attention to the decline in exports and urged the Government to Basist the Industry.
ly from one area to another
as the situation may de. mand, and this in many in-
Unpaid Import Duty Dues To Britain.
London, To-day.
a hotel and were soon fast asleep. It was stated in Parliament that They will probably be staying the Irish Free State had already! at Walfish Bay until Friday. withheld Auma amounting
They landed as they had insuf-s175,000 by July 15, 1982, when the ficient petrol to reach Capetown, special duties came into force. Idue to the heavy weather experi- The sums withheld between that
auguration of President - Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
survey of Britain's financial and economic position which will form the background upon which British officials hope to negotiate a revi sion of the war debt settlement.
It is accepted that Britain can- not use, two of the three usual methods of payment, external debts- to meet the American obligations, or the payment in goods or goki.
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IRISH RAILWAY
STRIKE
Dockworkers Told To Cease Work.
stances is only possible if air-enced in the Cameroons. Reu-date and January 31, 1988, amount- SERIOUS SITUATION ARISING.
craft can cover long stretches without intermediate land-
inge.
"Many of these stretches are
ter.
Rain Squalls Over Mountain,
jed £2,550,000 and the revenue from
on
the special duties and from duties under the Import Dutles Act goods imported from the Irish Free Squadron Leader Gayford; in a State, amounted in all to $1,870,000. beyond the capacity of present report to the Air Ministry states-British Wireless Service. day Service aircraft and it was that the weather was good until mainly with the intention of de- they reached Nigeria, where, at
veloping this capacity that ex-Harmattan, a haze hindered navi- NAZIS' ATTACK ON periments in the production of gation. special long-range aircraft were undertaken.
PILOT WELL-KNOWN IN THE
FAR EAST.
Flight-Lieutenant Nicholetts was a member of the crew of the four Southampton flying-boats, commanded by Air Commodore H.M. Cave-Browne-Cavo (then Group-Captain), which visited the Far East in 1026.
He was also prominent in cricket circles in Singapore, where he was stationed with the Singa- pore Flight until 1029.
Mr. Smiles referred to the eari- ous effect of Japanese competition and contended that in view of the British preference on Indian tea,
"Increase in the range of all India should reduce the excessivo
Service aircraft should result In duty on Lancashire goods etc.. Peiping, To-day.
The Labour Member, Sir Stafford the same way that the develop The Panchan Lama and Sir Miles Lampaon, British Minister to China, Cripps, argued in favour of the ment of special high-speed air both arrived here this morning nationalisation of the industry.craft for the Schneider Trophy from Nanking, their trains pulling The Conservative Member Mr. contests has led to a great in- into the station within twenty J. P. Morris ascribed the continued crease in the speed of aircraft
depression mainly to Japanese com-generally, British minutes of each other.
Interviewed, the Panchan Lama petition and suggested the encour Service. said that we will not return to Tibet agement of the use of Indian cotton, for the time being but will proceed in return for which he was convinc
to Inner Mongolia after a shorted that India would guarantee to
Japanese.
Mount Camarun (13,000 feet) was completely covered by clouds. There were 'rain squalls and heavy clouds dur- ing the second night. The au- tomatic control became unser- viceable during the bad weather and was of no further tsa for the remainder of the fight.
BANKS.
Nationalising Bavarian Banking Concerns.
Belfast, To-day.
The railway strike has taken a more serious turn. Mr. C. T. Cramp, sécretary of the National Union of Railwaymen has stated that It is proposed to intensify the struggle in every way possible within their power. Dock workers at Stranraer have been instructed not to un- load the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company's steamers running between Lame The Bavarian Diet has adopted and Stranraer which are being the Nazi motion demanding the loaded by volunteers at Larne, Government and the Reich to nation and which carry perishable cargo. Mr. Cramp has threatened that alise the big banking concerns for The distance covered is prob- the purpose of reducing the interest similar action will be taken at ably 6,000 miles. The official time rates and safeguarding the Reich's other ports. for the flight is 57 hours, 26 subsidies to the Banks-Reuter. minates, at a speed of 93.8 m.p.h., based on the projected route, but, sincs a deviation was made at Nigeria, the speed must have ex- ceaded 100 m.p.b.
The Byers have received messages of congratulation Lord Londonderry, Secretary from: His Majesty the King, for Air, Premler Ramsay Mac- Donald and Mr. Poland, the American aviator.
Berlin, To-day.
£1,000,000,000 HELD BY POST OFFICE.
Small Savings "Backbone
Of The Country.”
London, To-day. Sir Kingaley Wood, Postmaster
Wireless
The latter, who together with General, in a speech at Liverpool, Mr. Boardman, was the former referred to the work of the Post Record In 51 Hours.
holder of the long-distance record, Office Savlage Bank, which now London, Earlier. - with a distance of 5,015 miles had over £800,000,000 standing to The world's long-distance non from New York to Constantinople, the credit of 10,000,000 depositors
The strike was declared.on January 80, at midnight, as a protest against a wage reduction. It is affecting the whole of the Great Northern Rallway system and involves 5,000,
A skeleton service has been
ers in spite of the intimidation maintained by voluntary work- measures taken by the strikers.
-Reuter
PREMIER ENTERTAINS ARGENTINE MISSION.“
London, To-day Doctor Jullo Boca aud other mem- stay in Peking-Reuter, N. take more British piecegoods than stop flight record was broken yes-adds that he hopes, he and Mr. in all parts of the United Kingdom,bers of the special mission from the Another £12,000,000 was heful in Argentine Government were guesta terday, when the Royal Air Force Boardman will soon try to regain small investments of Government of the Prime Minister Mr. Ramsay MA TRAVELLING VIA
The motion was agreed upon after Fairey Napler Monoplane, piloted the record. Reuter.
stock, and to this could be added MacDonald, at a luncheon No. 10, PORT SAID. A
$500,000,000 Invested in Savings Downing Street, yesterday. General Su Ping-wen's accre Major D. J. Colville, Secretary for by Squadron Leader Gayford. and 4*
their honour by the Prime tary, telegraphing from Moscow, Overseas Trade, declared that all Flight Lieutenant, Nicholetts, which
$1,000,000,000, all held through the in reports the arrival of his chief steps would be taken to safeguard left Cranwell, Lincolnshire, at 7.12 CHINESE MISSION IN MILAN. Certificates, making a total of over In the evening a dinner was given
am. on Monday, passed over
Milan, To-day machinery of the Post Office. Minister, at the. Foreign Office. The there on February 6, saying that the cotton trade-Reuteri
Zesfontein in South-West Africa,
The Chinese mission, composed These small capitalists in many guests were received by the Prime The De Zeven Provincien is he has picked up the passports officially reported to be steaming mailed by the Nanking Foreign H.M.S. Cornwall of the Fifth Crul- Zesfontein is approximately 5,064
flent exercises this afternoon. H.MS.
Service. at a speed of seven knots along Office and is now travelling to ter Squadron, la expected back from miles from Cranwell and this dis of the Chinese Minister, Mr. Hong respects, were the backbone of the Minister and the Foreign Secretary,
ters, has arrived Reuter. the coast of South Fora Island, Geneva before sailing for China. Berwick will, return to Hong Kong to-tance was covered in about 61 hours, and five students of military mat- Country, he said British Wireless Sir John Simon-British Wireless
(Continued on Page 7) Sumatra Reuter,
our comrades. Everything
aboard is all right. There
are no casualtica."
morrow.
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