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PARTS, September 4th. The first air stowaway left Paris this morning with a crew of non- stop flyers for New York.
He was M, Armand: Lotti, son of M. Lotti, an hotel proprietor, And he took off Iron: Le Bourget to-day in the Canary Bird piloted by the French airmen Assclant and Lelivre. These two airmen have for more than a year been planning to succeed where Nungesser and Coli failed in making the first direct flight from Paris to New York.
31, Lotti was, on the ground at Le Bourget when the two nirmen made their dnsuccessful attempt to At the last moment he ran start. up to the machine in the semi- darkness and clambered in, but it had to come back and M. Lotti got out and ran away and bid him self. in a shed.
The father of M. Lotti was ex- tremely anxious to prevent his son from embarking on the enterprise and had engaged detectives and asked for the intervention of the official police to prevent him going
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Lotti. it appears, passed the evening hidden in the flat of a friend. He had a couple of hours' eleep and then made his way to Le Bourget in the friend's car and slipped under cover of darkness into the shed where the Canary Bird was housed. Wrapping him- self in a blanket, he hid in the fusting of the machine and was unseen by the mechanics who filed up the tanks, and by the assistants who, when day broke, wheeled the machine out.
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DIARY OF EVENTS.
VARIETY ARTISTES'
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STAGE OFFERS.
To-day.
(September 27th.)
St. Andrew's Society, 7th Annual General Meting, Club Hall, 5.45 p.m.
Billiards Loagud:-Water Police Royal Artillery, Stonecutters: Dockyard r. K.O.S.B.; Land Palice R. E. and R.C.; Garrison Mess C. and P.O. Club; Queen's e. Warders.
LONDON, August 30th A vigorous protest has been made by the Variety Artistes' Federation again the possibility of Miss Irene Savidge, of the "Hyde Park Case".
pearing on the variety stage. Mr. Monte Bayly: general secretary of the federation, states that at meet- ings of the general council and the executive committee, held yesterday
Queen's Theatre: Carmen."
**Loves of
World Theatre: "The Gaucho,"
the following resolution was 2.30, 3.00 7:15 and 9.30. passed:
That the general enuncil and the executive committee of the V.A.F.. having considered the possibility of Miss Irene Savidge being stunted As a music-hall artist, record their strongest dis approval that the music-ball stage should be used as an exploitation" ground for people with no stage experience, and whose only op portunity to pose thereon arises From notariety in recent proceed- ings. and in the name of the V.A.F. protest that engagements of this kind should be foisted on the British public' as "entertain- ments."
"Legitimate". Staga. Yesterday Mrs. Savidge said there was no question of her daughter going on the music-halls. The negotiations related to the "legitimate" stage. Mrs. Savidge added:
Irene had no idea previously of going on the stage, but she has been approached with affers, and if the present negotiations are satisfactorily concluded it is quite possible that she may accept one of them. It is too early, however, to say anything definite yet Miss Savidge is carrying on her Location as winglessz vatre
Inspector at New Southgate, N.
Producer's Hope..
Star Theatre: "The Brute." Tea Dance: HK. Hotel, 4.30 p.in.
"Friday,
(September 28th.) Christian Fellowship Meeting, Helena May Institute, 10 a..
Kowloon Cricket Club. Anual General Meeting, 3.30 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: "Loves of Carmen."
World Theatre:"The Gaucho," 2.30, 8:00 7.13 and 9.30,
Star Theatre:The Brute." Tea Dance: H.E. Hotel, 4.30 p.m. Principal Mails-Inward: Europe ria Sur (Khira); Europe rid Siberia (Kashgar), Outward: Europe vid Siberia (Ahiva), 6 p.ni.
Saturday.
(September 29th.)
Michaelmar. St. Michael and all Angels. Lawn Bowls: Recreio "A" 2. Kowloon C.C. i. Yacht Club. Craigengower, Bowling Green . Recreio "B", Taikoo r. Civil Ser- vice. "
Queen's Theatre: "Loves of Carmen."
World Theatre: "The Gaucho," 2.30, 5.00, .13 and 9.30.
Star Theatre: "The Brute," Ten Dances. H.E. Hotel, 4.30 pm King Edward Hotel, 5 pm,
Principal Mail:-Outward: Europe vid Marseilles (Kashgar), Mr. Syrett, Miss Savidge's soli 10.30 Europe vid Siberia (Sze citor, when referred to the resoluehuen), 6 p.m. tion of the Variety Artistes' Federation, said the original inten- tion was that Miss Savidge should not appear on the music-halls,
but, he added, "I am not sure,, after that resolution, that she may
ect appear.
.
Mr. Clifford Hamilton, proprie far of touring "companies, stated Miss that he had approached Savidge with a view to her appear 10% on the stage. He hoped to have something definite" to disclose to- day, but he was not interested in the V.A.F. resolution.
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Sunday.
(September 20th.)
17th Sunday after Trinity. 'Queen's Theatre: Afraid to Love."
World Theatre: Blind Alleys." Star Theatre: "Toc Many Crooks.
Tea Dance: B. Hotel, 4.30 p.m.
Monday,
(October 1st,)
Sale of Crown Land, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2141, 3 p.m.
Golf: Opening day of St. John of Jerusalein and British Red Cross: Trophy.
Billiards:-E.O.S.B. r. R. E. and R.C.; Royal Artillery Stone- cutters v. Queen's; C. and P. O. Club . Warders; Water Police
Queen's Theatre "'" Afraid tu
World Theatre: "Blind Alleys. Star Theatre: "Too
Many
Tea Dance: H.K. Hotel, 4.30 p.m.
M. Lotti has long been extremely keen on flying. It was at his father's hotel that Miss Ruth Elder
Four highwaymen heid up twelve Dockyard; Land Police e. Garrison stayed when she arrived in Paris clerks and officials of a Surface Mess after her dramatic rescue at sra Transportation Company garage in with her seroplane piloted Webster Avenue, New York, one Love." Captain Haldebrand The United. States girl flyer's exploit fired him day last month, and escaped with with an irresistibla desire to be the 20,000 after shooting John Brand- irst passenger to By direct from, the cashier, who attempted to Crooks.
pursue them. Paris to New York and to accom The bandits entered the premises plish the Trans-atlantic crossing Sve minutes after a bag containing from cast to west where so many the money had been delivered from have failed."
He provided a large part of the nearby bank in readiness to pay the week's wages. They passed funds for the financing of the ex-into the cashier's office and order- pedition and a specially designed ed the men there into the strong aeroplane was built in accordance with the plans of a well-known room, seized the mcuey bags, and aeronautical engineer, M. Bernard. rushed out before the hundred em- The aeroplane is painted canary ployees in other parts of the colour with the French tricolour building knew what happened. on its wings. but bears no other special identification sign except the inscription of its tail:
Bernard. Type 191 GR. His pano-Suiza 600-l.p..
The Southern Route. Assolant and Lefèvre
vre said before they started that they would fly direct to New York by what is Known as the southern route that is, by way of the Azores. They added that if when they were well over the Atlantic they found the weather conditions so bad as to make progress towards the west im possible, they would turn back and make for Dakar, on the west const Lot Africa
They met a typist entering the hall, pressed a revolver to her side, and ordered her not to scream.
She remained silent, and thaid
dits dashed into the street amid a fusillade of bullets from the clerks and a special police officer who bad been held up in the cashier's room.
Pedestrians were scattered right and left as the bandits returned the fire before jumping into a wait. ing motor car, hotly pursued along Webster Avenue by Brandley and another employee, both unarmed,.
Tuesday, (October 2nd.) Whist Drive: Police Branch MCL at Helena, May, Institute,
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