FAR EAST EX-WAR RAIDER
In North Sea
Rescue
SLOTTED WING IN MODERN AVIATION
London, To-day.
Rumania is the latest country to acquire for a considerable cash payment the right to use the Bri- Nine persons were rescued fromtish air safety device the Handley- the British yacht Marie, 40 tons, Page slotted wing. which was sinking in the North Sea Other nations concerned are, recently. They were rescued by the after Britain which paid £10,000, German steamer Oldenburg, the Italy, Poland, Canada, France, Ger- Hapag Far Eastern liner.
many, Sweden, United States, In-t
and The occupants of the yacht were dia, New Zealand, Finland Cmdr. and Mrs. S. A. Brooks, of Japan. Lowestoft, their 19-year-old daugh- ter, two sons, aged 14 and 15, Mr. Peter Tilbury, the mate, and three friends, one of whom was a young Germish woman-
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The Oldenburg landed the party tish Wireless. at Dorer.
"We sailed from Southwold for. 2 week's holiday round about Bel- gium and Holland," Cmdr. Brooks said. “At midday we discovered that the boat had sprung a leak. The water was coming in so fast. that we were unable to control it.
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"We anchored near the North AN ASSISTANT
Hinder lightship and sent up dis- tress signals. They were repeated by the lightship.
"Shortly afterwards three vessels came in sight. One was the Oldenburg, which during the war was the famous Ger- man raider Moewe.
Sank In Ten Minutes
was
"She came alongside, and we climbed on board by means of the ship's ladder. As our yacht sinking I did not consider it safe to leave anyone on board. The Olden- burg took her in tow. Within 10 minutes she foundered.
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Stoke Poges, To-day. In the third round of the "News of the World” £1,250 competition, regarded as the Professional match play championship, F. Robertson, of Ashridge, Henry Cotton's as- sistant, beat Alfred Padgham by 2 land 1.
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The demand rate of the Höng Kong dollar this morning was 1/2s- "Spot" silver was quoted at 19- 15/16 and "forward” at 19-13/16. "The yacht was my home, and I The London on New York cross- have lost her. My family and wife rate was quoted at U.S.$4.9465 lost a large quantity of valuable and the New York on London possessions.
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More than 6,000,000 American's dancing enrolled in schools. Mr. Donald Grant of the Dancing Teachers Business Asso- ciation made this figure public at the annual convention of that organisation.
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Chief Manager with £138,700,000 out of 2283,200,- never before has had such a 000 in the corresponding period of tremendous vogue as now," Mr. 1936-British Wireless.
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Mr. Grant asserted that of the eceived the following quotations 6,000,000 dancing pupils through from Singapore in Straits Currency out the country more than half are for Raw Rubber::
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children. He explained that al- though all forms of dancing are in favour with the American public, tap dancing is more popular than any of the others. Ballroom danc- ing comes next,
ballet dancing.
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