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THE CHEIA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936
TARIFA NAVAL
BATTLE
Way Cleared For Convoy
INSURGENTS SUCCESSFUL
SORTIE
Gibraltar, To-day.
WORLD SERIES
BASEBALL
FIRST GAME IN
NEW YORK.
MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
CELEBRATIONS AT CANTON
CHIANG'S MOVES STILL-
UNCERTAIN
CITY NOW “BASEBALL MAD”
New York, To-day. The Yankees are 5 to 7 fa-
[From A Special Correspondentl The significance of the Tarifavourites to win the 1936 World
Canton, To-day- naval battle in which the rebel Series Baseball pennant though
To-day is the Chinese Mid-au- cruiser Almirante Cervera the Giants are 3 to 5 favourites sank a new Government des-to win to-morrow's first game tumn Festival day. The people in troyer and continued the pur-lon the home ground with Carl Canton are celebrating the fes- suit of a second loyalist war-Hubbell .pitching. Charlestival as usual The business in ship, was clarified when the in-Ruffing has been chosen to pitch moon-cakes, fruits, lanterns and surgents later managed
to for the Yankees, and the great-at the restaurants is much better transport troops and ammuni-est disappointment for the Yan-than it has been for the past three of years. There is no holiday for the tion across the Tarifa Straits Rees will be the absence from Ceuta to ́Algeciras. The Monte Pearson, who injured his schools and Government" offices, object of the insurgent cruisers back on Thursday, and will not but the tea-houses, which do the best business once a year at the was to clear the way for a con-be available for the game. voy consisting of a transport New York is gripped with a time of this festival, will be closed ving the red-and gold flag and severe attack of the World for three days starting from to- 19 trawlers, preceded by four Series fever. This is the first day. aeroplanes and accompanied by game in the Series between the
are
a torpedo-boat and the cruiser two New York teams since! It is learned that the Generalis- Almirante Cervera, while a se 1923 All the hotels are jam-simo will go to Kuling to-day from Nanchang to pass the Mid-Au- cond insurgent cruiser remain-med and men and women jed on guard at Tarifa.
sleeping in the streets and park-tumn Festival with his wife there, The transportation was carried ed cars through lack of accom- and he will then proceed to Nan- king shortly afterwards. No del out without a hitch. It is stated modation.
To-day & To-morrow at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. also reported that a column
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that the convoy will return to: Speculators are selling their finite date for his return to the Centa as soon as possible to em-seats at double the official price, Capital has been fixed, as be never bark a further 2,000 troops. It is and fans are queuing up for the announces where he will go until
of unreserved seats a full 24 hours a few hours before he leaves. *.
There On board the three warships 8,000 insurgents, including cavalry before the gates open.
will be a capacity crowd of that arrived at Shanghai on Mon- and artillery, will make a bis 252,000 people present unless the day last, there were 3,000 blue- tack on Malaga this week. sup-
which is forecasted. jjackets and a large amount of a- ported from
sea by two rain, cruisers, including the Almirante washes out the first game of munition. Six hundred blue jac- kets were landed at Shanghai yes- terday and the ammunition was transported to the headquarters of the Japanese landing party there. The bluejackets apparently intend to occupy the North Station in Chinese territory.
Cervera..
the
ONE-SIDED FIGHT Later: An authentic version of yesterday morning's naval battle to the west of Tarifa states that the insurgent cruisers Baleares and Almirante Cervera met the Gov- ernment destroyers Almirante Ferrandiz and Gravina. The fight was one-sided owing to the insun- gent cruisers' armament superi- ority.
Га
the 1936 Series.
Reuter.
NEW ALTITUDE
RECORD
¡Continued from Page 1)
Greater Heights
Foreseen
SMUGGLING IN NORTH
The smugglers in North China have again become active. It is reliably reported that smugglers · London: The new world altitude in the north are properly organis The Ferrandiz was repeatedly record has been established by a ed and they have. -now 100 hit and took fire and sank aft. The British aeroplane. Last evening vehicles, guarded with modern French liner Koutoubia picked up the Air Ministry announced that weapons, with which to carry for- the survivors, while the Baleares on Monday a Royal Air Force ex-eign goods into Hope and Shan- Ichased the Gravina The latter perimental high-altitude aircraft tung provinces. The anthuries of subsequently reached Casablanca British 138 with a special the Chinese Maritime Customs in in a damaged state and landed Pegasus engine, piloted by Squa-North China have not yet found
dron-Leader F. B. D. Swain of the the way to stop them. Royal Aircraft establishment at
the wounded-Reuter,
SHIPBUILDING
OUTPUT
Increased Figures For The Clyde
KWANGSI'S CURRENCY
Farnborough-reached an altitude The Ministry of Finance
of 49,967 feet or 15,230 meters, thus breaking the world altitude. record of 48,698 feet, or 14,843
meters, set up six weeks ago by
the French airman Detre.
The attempt was observed by official representatives of the London, To-day. Royal Aero Club and the height
at
Nanking proposes "to" issne $10,000,000 worth of bonds as a lean to the province of Kwangsi to stabilise the currency in that province. This has to be approved by the Legislative Yuan at its next meeting.
The number of opium deas in All of them
smokers only.
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It is expected that the ship attained had been officially com Canton is over 1,000. building output of the Clyde municated to the Ministry by the have to be closed by to-morrow. this year will be the highest Club. It was arrived at from ani for six years. Nine vessels examination by the National Phy-rg-houses for registered opium
The Government will open totalling nearly 30,000 tons were sical Laboratory of
the sealed launched during September, barothermographs
which
were! bringing the year's output to carried in the wings of the aero- date to 74 vessels aggregating plane. The figures are subject to! nearly 215,000 tons. The 1935 the usual confirmation and àc- output has already been exceed ceptance by the Federation Aero- ed, and with numerous vessels nautique Internationale, to which HEAD OF THE HOUSE reaching the launching stage application will be made for the the total tonnage for this year homologation of the records.
OF BOURBON may well be over the 300,000 mark.
Vienna, To-day. This figure, however, would which the Royal Air Force has at- Don Alfonso Carlos, the 27-year still be below that of 1930. tempted to beat the altitude re-jold head of the House of Bourbon which was 529,000 tons. The cord. High praise is due to the and the Carlist Pretender to the peak year of Clyde shipbuilding pilot and to the constructors of throne of Spain, died yesterday was 1913, when the tonnage the aircraft engine and special morning from injuries received total was 756,976.- British equipment all of which are of when he was knocked down by a Wireless Service.
British design and manufacture. | mctor-car on Monday.-Reuter's! The aeroplane and engine, con-Bulletin Service.
*
FIRST ATTEMPT This is the first occasion
On
MAIL PLANE ON structed by the British Aeroplane
FIRE Letters For Calcutta Damaged
Co., were ordered by the Air Minis-
5
CLAIM UPHELD
Was
ity in 1934 with a view to explora- Vienna: Prince Alfonse Carlos tion of the special problems in-of Bourbon was born in London and the functioning of aircraft the son of Prince John of Bourbon (volved in the operation of sircraft on September 12, 1849, and
equipment and instruments at ex-and Archduchess Maria Beatrice {treme altitudes, and this fimpor- of Austria-Este, and thus' was a fant work will be pursued in due member of the Carlist branch of The Imperial Airwaya liner course. With further experience the House of Spain-Bourbon-Anjou: ¡Athenia caught fire yesterday at it is hoped that still "greater More than 60 years ago. Prince Delhi airport while the engine heights may be attained by this Alfonso took part in a Carlist re- was being tuned prior to depar-new aircraft-British Wireless volution that lasted five years and ture. There were no passengers on Service.
proved, abortive. Alfonso Carlos had, however, always held to his
London, To-day.
board and the crew were unîn-
jured, though the greater part of Athenia from Karachi caught fire claim, and at the interment of
the mail destined for Calcutta was at Delhi airport on Tuesday morn-Prince Carios applied for the allot- the late King George V last year, damaged
ing before lerving for Cawnpare. A relief plane was sent from and was reduced to its framework.ment of a place in
the funeral Karachi, and the delay was ex-Mails from Delhi for east of Delhi cortege due to his rank, which was
Reuters's Bulletin Service.
G. FALCONER & CO. (HONG KONG LTD.)pected to be only a few hours
WATCHMAKERS, & JEWELLERS, DIAMOND MERCHANTS,
UNION BUILDING (opposite G.P.O.)-
"Agents for — ADMIRALTY CHARTS,
· ROSS, BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,
ENGLISH SILVERWARE Direct from Manufacturers,
High Class English Jewellery,
Mod Poblished for the Proprietors, The Newspaper Enterprise Lid, Street, Victoria.
GORDON CADE
Local Mails May -Be Involved
TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM DELHI POST OFFICE
had been loaded on the plane before granted him without question.
the fire, but part of the same man Trans-Ocean Service. was salvaged and taken to. Delhi
Port Office for disposal. It is un- jderstood that the relief plane. from
WEATHER REPORT
|Karachi will arrive in Delhí this The anti-cyclone over North afternoon, and the salvaged mail China continues to increase in in- will be disposed of by that plane tensity. The depression of the the is situated in The Superintendent of Mails, Loochoos Hong Kong, does not think that vicinity of Naha, probably moving The Superintendent of Hails, there is much or any mail for, the north-north-west. The depression General Post Office, Hong Kong, Colony as this is not the usual of the China Sea appears to bel received the following telegram connection for the Dorado, but as stationary in the vicinity of the this morning from the Delhi (In-the telegram was sent from Delhi Paracels. The forecast for to- dia) Post Office:
to the Superintendent of Mails, day, as issued this morning by the The Indian Trans Continental Hong Kong, there may be some- Rcyal Observatory, was: North- Airways
t-bound aeroplane thing for the Colony,
east winds, moderate; fair
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