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POLICE COMMUNICATION NOT QUICK ENOUGH.
For the time being, tho, noro plano can boat the police. It has happened several times of lato that a man with unsavoury, rocord, and wanted in some other country, has flown into England and vanished before the polios were aware of his record, says a Home writer,
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ONDAY APRIL 5, 1926.
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NOTICE.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SERVICES, which offer spoody and efficient means of communication, are established between HONGKONG and SHIPS SEA, FRENCH INDO-CHINA, the PROVINCE of YUNNAN, and MACAO.
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It was expected that this would be one result of serial develop ments. Since the motor gave the modern bandit such an advant- age in his constant dual with the forces of law and order, it was Inevitable. that the aeroplane USA, Canada, Japan and Shanghai Pres. Pree, McKinley should be a useful ally to the in- ternational wrong-doer, for time at least.. But the authorities |believed the advantage would be short-lived. Unfortunately, most European nations have been compelled to practise economy, and one effect of this is that the police of many nations are not equipped for dealing with the new conditions. The aeroplane has often proved their worst
my
One man who had been de- ported simply flow back to Eng-. land before the police on the Continent had had time to notify us of his coming. He had in- fluential friends abroad who had helped to got his necessary papere, and these appearing to be in order, nobody but the police
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ART DEALER" FORGOT TO
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There was also a little mystery as to bow a man who had been sent abroad after serving a sentence for complicity in bogus marriages, had managed to re- turn to this country. It was certain that he had entered at wo port, unless, by some ruse, he; bad boon smuggled in on some tramp steamer. The solution was the aeroplane. With seemingly excellent credential and the
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Parcels Letters "Correspondence bearing vessel's name only.
p.m.
ostensible purpose of being an SINGAPORE GARRISON. reliefs for Fort Canning garrison.
art dealer in search of old masters, he had paid a "flying visit" to England and forgot to
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The military transport. Derby others continued to leave the The monace of the aeroplane shire, looking as though she Derbyshire and form up on the has not escaped the attention of would welcome a coat of paint wharf. Afleet of Singapore motor the authorities of Scotland Yard, arrived in Singapore.rocently, says bases were employed to convey and the Continental police are the Singapore Free Press, and the N.C.O's wives and children to co-operating in steps to secure brought the 2nd Battation, Duke the barracks. The remainder of speedier inter-communication. It of Wellington's Regiment: Hor the men were removed to the is the air against the police, and, docks were crowded with khaki i barracks at Tanglin in due course. in the common interest, the police, clad figures as she came, along "Among the officers present were
London-Mrs Emmeline Pank-"Women's Week," to be marked side the old P. and O. wharf, and Col. R. H. Hasoldino and Lt. Col.
oratory and processions The problem has once more soon after she was moored, the Coventry of the G.0.0's staff, Lt. hurst, the militant leader of the by been brought into prominence by work of disembarking was com. Col. 8. de V. A. Julius and Major "votes for women" cause before throughout the country, is to take. the recent thrilling hunt Scot-menced. It was some time before J. S. Woodruffe of the Royal the war, has returned to the place early in June to push the land Yard had to undertake at the detachments began to land, Sussex,
suffrage battleground after spend-demand for this extension of the ing the last years abroad. She suffrage. Mrs. Pankhurst, who short notice to locate a man bringing with them their kit, and
has come back to England to take has been in France, Bermuda, wanted in New York, to answer it was warm work. The different a. charge of murder. This again, soctions formed up on the wharf
part in the campaign, more peace-Canada and other parts of the ful than those she led years ago, world since she left England in was an instance where the pas- and marched to the welcome
to extend the franchise so that 1917, considers that women have senger had credentials which no shelter of the godowns and coal civil authority could question.; sheds in the vicinity. The first
Dollar on demand 2.3.5/16d. British women may vote at not done badly in politica and They enabled him to reach Paris, detachment to leave were the
twenty-one instead of waiting otherwise, considering Lighting-up
until they are thirty years old. difficulties. and from there he flew to Lon- don.
As a matter of fact, he started his flight only twenty minutes) before the Parisian police called at his hotel. By just those few minutes the aeroplano had beaten the cable. Yet once more the flying machine best present police methods, for the fugitiva reached London, had changed his clothes, and had had ten minutes start in the crowds of the Woat End before the news from Paris arrived at Scotland Yard; who set our detectives on his track! CONFIDENCE TRICKSTERS BUSY, This has boen by no means the first experience of the kind with undesirable visitors. The authori- ties had our own notorious con- fidence trickaters well in hand? at the beginning of last season, when Wembley opened, and this: it was which led to the confident announcements that those gentry would not bo no busy as they had been during the previous year. But the confidenop trick- stér was busy, and did vory well] = out of trusting visitors, one ason boing that more than one Continental, export at the busi- ness found he could fly to Eng- land and get at large before the police would obtain the informa- tion which would eat them on his track.
The offect of such incidents has been to determine the authorities to take effective steps in dealing with the now problem. The police have used aeroplanes, and will again. But a different and more immediately effective way of chooking credentials is certain to be considered, and the question of speedior communica- tion between international polics authorities is also being darefully treated.
TO-DAY.
641. p.m.
LOVE TOUCHES.
PEALLY NOW, THE FUSS MADE
BY THE GIRLS OF TO-DAY-
15 ALL OUT OF PROPORTION
TO THE CAUSE.
THINK OF WHAT THE
HAD TO PIT UP WITH
GIRLS OF YESTERDAY-
their