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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920.
AERIAL DERBIES.
HONGKONG'S SUPPORT SOUGHT.
The Aero Club of Hongkong bas received an interesting latter from its opinion and advice on a plan to tho Aero Club of Amerien saking bold three important international contests each year, in which all the Aero Clubs of the world affiliated
Munster, July 13, Police Commissioner Smyth has been assassinated in the County Club, Cork. Fourteen armed men forced their way in and Ared on the Commissioner who fell riddled with ballets, and died almost Immediately. There is unusual military activity in Cork and some arrests. A ex-soldier who came into contact with the military has through the International Aero-
been killed.
nautic Federation can participate. Later. A dozen men at eleven at night walked into the Club,
The ides comes from the Aerial guarded the door, while athers proceeded to the smoking room where bold three international long dis Some League of America, and it is to the Colonel, who was a Victoria Cross hero, was talking to twootbergen-tance tests. Already there are the lemen. The raiders fired several shots at Colonel Smyth who rose, annual international contests for staggered and tried to run. Again he was shot and fall dead the Gordon County Inspector Craig was wounded in the leg. The raiders then Schneider, Michelin and other Bennett, Jacques disappeared. Colonel Smyth's name was prominently mentioned in trophies which afford tests of pro- the House of Commons last week owing to a speech he was alleged gross to have made to the police of Leslowel, ordering the men not to be airmanship, and the proposal now in aircraft desyn and afraid to shoot effectively. He had just returned from London where is to provide yearly lesta el progress he had given the Irish Ofice explanation of the affair.
in every phase of serial navigation. The proposal is that three Derbies be held, viz.-
PRESIDENT WILSON AND GOVERNOR COX.
Washington, July 15,
1.
The Pan American Aerial Derby, to be held every winter from Miami or Palm Beach to Cuba, Guatemala, Facama, Colom
After conferring for an hour with Governor Cox, the Democratic bia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Buenos candidate for the Presidency. President Wilson stated that he found Aires, Uruguay, Fo de Janeim, they were in absolute accord regarding the League of Nations. Mr. Brazil, Fernambuco, Guiada. Cox will have the support of an absolutely united party in champion-Venezuela, Porto Fico, Haiti, ship of honour to secure the peace of the world.
Cuba and back to the United
After his conference with President Wilson, Governor Cox declar- States.. ed that, if elected, he would endeavour with all his strength to give 2. The Aerial Derby Around the. what President Wilson had promised to those who had sacrificed in World, in connection with which the war. He and President Wilson were agreed with regard to the the Commission recently visited meaning and sukiency of the Democratic platform and the duty of Hongkrag. This, it is suggested,, the Democratic Party in the face of threatened bad faith in the shoukl start in June each year. It world award in the name of America.
would, it is expected, occupy from three to four months during the first two years and then only two) months each year thereafter. Each national Aero Club would hate direct charge of the Aerial Derby: in the territory over which it has jurisdict on.
FARM LABOURER'S LUCK.
New York, July 13.
The hamlet of Boylston, Massachusetts has had a sensation by the discovery that a local farm labourer bamed David Cant is one of the heirs to a million dollar estate in Dundee for whom lawyers bare searched for years. Cant is learing Boyleston to claim bis inheritance.
INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE.
New York. July 19.
The
3. The Aerul Circuit et the Atlantic, to be held in the latter part of summer, taking two months in the first year and probably not more than a math ia succeeding) Year. The circuit could be made Irom east to west and west to east alternatively so as to aford a thorough test of conditions Com petitors both pilot and passenger
The gross earnings of the International Mercantile Marine last classes, might start from New York year were $67,500,000 as compared with $34,000,000 in 1913. profits were $17,750,000 as compared with $12,000,000, and the surplus Cuba, is 330,230,000. ~ x*
THE FIGHTING IN MESOPOTAMIA.
-Allahabad, July 17.
or Atlantic City, dy southward via Haiti, Porto Rico. neross the Caribbean Sea to Caracas. Block the voast to Pernambuco. agress the Atlantic to Dakar, on the west coast of Africa, theore to Magodar sad Casa Blagen. across Spain or
Portugal to Biarritz. along the
A telegram from Bagdad saye that the operations in the Lower French coast and across to Légion. Euphrates are being continued by a brigade under Brigadier General From then either across the_At- Congham. This Brigade concentrated in the Diwaniyah area and antic by way of Ireland to New- communication has been restored between Basrah and Sainara. The foundhand, or via Ireland. Cape defence vessels recently sharply engaged the Arabs.
Farewell, Newfouadar. Halifax
There is considerable efervescence in the Shatiyas district, but Boston. Portionil and New York. elsewhere all is quiet.
END OF THE WAR
London, July 13.
It is not proposed to confine the contest to seroplanes: airships. may compete. The spunsors of the schemes set out at length the] object- aimed at, viz: Opening of the world's highways, strengthen- ag of international relations and
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sion as to the date of the termination of war with Germany it was on of aerial pasigation, to study ENGLISH BATHING CAPS.
10th January, but termination of the war, as a whole, will be when airways, to make known that land. the last of the Peace Treaties has been signed and ratified
ing places are to nirurit what good) mads are automobiles, etc., etc.
The letter adds: The aeroplanes which have fowo
the Atlantic, to Australia. to Tokyo) sal to Dakar are to be followed by other scroplaces capable of, carry. Tel Prince Joachim sixth Ron of the ex-Kaiser and born on 11thing ifts or more passengers and December. 1890,, suffering from great mental depression, has shot himself.
SUICIDE OF PRINCE JOACHIM,
Berlin. July 18.
BISLEY MEETING.
London, July 19. Lieut. F. D. Evans, Malay States, won the N.PL.A. Badge and two pounds sterling in the King's Prize competition at Bisley,
OLYMPIC GAMES.
Boston, July 19.
afloris Pullman car accommoda- tions. The British dirigible R-341. is to be followed by dirigibles many times larger. one being in Great Britain poder construction, which has ten million cubic feet hydrogen capacity and will Eft 303 tons, cl which 100 tons will be for cargo:| the air for 25 days, or 36,000 miles, and will be capable of navigating without stopping. at a speed of sixty miles an hour.
As to the eontestants in these events, they may be of either sex, not less than 21 years of age. They may be aircraft pilots or not, rasy: ozo or rent their sircraft or bock
A NEW STOCK OF THE ABOVE IN VARIOUS COLOURS IS JUST TO HAND.
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Over one hundred leading athletes, mostly college stars, have been, finally chosen to represent the United States at the Olympic Games at Antwerp. They include Meredith, the winner of the eight these travelling the biggest hundred metre run at Stockholm in 1912.
EARLIER SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(From Our Own Correspondenta).
FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.
Singapore, July 20,
distance by air; but other methods been looking for. of transportation are not prohibited where circumstances reader them] necessary.
In asking the Hongkong Club for
its suggestions and belp the Amer-
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icaa body states that there are and no need of approximately a hundred serisi)
transportation lines being establish-
ed all over the world, and if foundations. decision is reached in the immediate future these lines will change their routes it necessary to cover different legs of the Aerial Derby [route, so-am-to-earry competing passengers. Among these lines are
An accident to the tail of their aeroplane as the result of a skidated those scross the United Stocks arrived. prevented Lieutenants Parer and McIntosh from leaving. It is States and the Atlantio from hoped that a trial flight will be made to-day and that they will be Japan to China, and serosa the able to leave to-morrow.
SINGAPORE Y.M.GA. EXTENSION.
Singapore, July 20.
Mr. Virgo expects Singapore to raise $150,000 for extensions to the Young Men's Christian Association.
Pacific
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