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MEALANT FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1929.
LABOUR CABINET TERRIFIC STORM IN THE '29 KING'S CUP
AND RUSSIA.
MATTER REFERRED TO DOMINIONS.
· IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT.
L
EUROPE.
HAILSTONES AS BIG AS PIGEON EGGS.
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE.
London, July 4.
From all over Central Europe this afternoon como reports of extraordinarily violent hailstorms which appear to have been sweep- ing through Germany, Austria, and
creating
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. Switzerland,
havoc.
sorious
London, July 4. So violent was the storm at That the Labour Government Nuremburg, says Router's Berlin ...does not propose to
re-establish correspondent, that a peasant was diplomatic relations with the Soviet killed in the fields. Scores of Government until the Dominions sheep have also been sláin, while' have been consulted was made chickens and ducks have been clear by Mr. Arthur Henderson, | annihilated."
the Foreign Secretary, when ques- The stones are reported to bo tloned on the subject in the House as big as pigeon eggs, and crops
have suffered heavily.
of Commons to-day.
Mr. Henderson was asked what
Likewise, Reuter's Berno corres steps had been taken regarding the pondent, cabling to-day, reports resumption of diplomatic relations, that considerable damage has and he said he could say no more been done to craps between Lake at present than that the Gov- Geneva and Lake Constance. ernment were
In communica-
From Vienna it is learned that tion with the Dominions Gov- nents on the subject, but he the storm was so furious that hoped to be able to make a state-many houses in the city had 'their ment at an early date.
'An Undertaking.
The undertaking was given at the Imperial Conference that the British Government would not resume negotiations or normal re- Intions with Russia without first acquainting the Dominions,
"That is what we have done up to now," he added, "and we shall!
roofs torn away, windows were shattered by the huge hall-stones, while the high wind toppled over, a number of trees in the parks and streets.
Ten casualties are reported in Viorna alone, while the Fire Brigades were called out no fower than one hundred and twenty times.-Router.
AIR RACE.
START FROM HESTON THIS MORNING.
"
FORTY-ONE ENTRANTS FOR TWO-DAY DASH.
THREE LADIES FLYING.
日九廿月五
JERUM
SINGLE.COFT 19 CEURO
LEICESTER WIN AT POLICE FREE TEN
TAUNTON.
SOMERSET IN TWO. SORRY
BATTING DISPLAYS.
W. E. ASTILL:: 7 FOR 34.
to
VICTIMS.
ARMED GUARDS FLEE AT SHANGHAI.
SEVEN CHILDREN AMONG
PARTY RELEASED.
RECENT KIDNAPPING..
* London, July 4. Lalcestershire scored a hollow victory over: Somerset in the county championship to-day, win- ning at Taunton by an innings and 100 runs. The game was brought a close this afternoon, the The famous, air race round second of the match. It was the second success rogistered by Lel-
Shanghai, June 30.
·Britain for the King's Cup startascester against Somerset this Ben- Seven children, two women from Heston Aerodrome this son, the match at Leicester last and one man, all victims of a bold morning, and interest is greater month ending in a four wickets gang of kidnappers who brought
win.
them to Shanghai from a village than ever before.
yesterday Sungkiang, Someract batted first, the wicket were returned to their homes Three lodies are among the
favouring the bowlers. No-one
released aflor being'
by the the forty-one competitors, while kept his end up for long and the police of Yangtzepoo Station.
A several new machines of the la-innings closed with a score of 108. investigation is being conducted Steady batting enabled Leices-by Det, Sgt. Wardrop and arrests ter to compile 311 runs in reply, may be made shortly. declare with eight wickets down and a lead of 203 runs.
test design are entered. One of these, the new Bristol "Bull-dog" | Apkter, is to be flown by Mr. C.F. Uwins, the Bristol test pilot,
One of the most brilliant
R.A.F. pilots, who will in all probability represent Britain in the Schneider Trophy race in September, has been entered un- der a non-de-plume and will
y a Gloster "Grebe."
?
Start at Eight.
London, July 5. Forty-one aeroplanes, including three which will be pileted by ladies, will start at eight o'clock
not depart from that undertaking." LATEST WAR DEBThis morning on the first stage of
Answering a further question on
the subject, Mr. Henderson sald
that no suggestion had yet been mado to the Dominions Govern-
SENSATION.
monts as to the conditions on VARSITY PRESIDENT THINKS
which. diplomatic relations with Russia should be resumed, nor had the subject been discussed with; a representative of the American Government.
Channel Tunnol.
U. S. UNGENEROUS.
the annual two-day flight round |Britain for the King's Cup, and
£500, says, Reuter,
The starting and diffishing point Is the new Hoston aerodrome
near Hounslow, off the Great West road, and the course is estimated to be 1,176 miles long, and in- cludes most of the flying club
|FRENCH RESERVATION. aerodromes-ether as landing and
London, July 4.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Lord Privy Seal, answering questions Dr. Hibben, the President of
ก. the
control, or turning points. At the controls, the planes are required to stop for 40 minutes.
The first day's circuit will be
and E. W. Dawson was ablo to
Few were prepared for the sorry display of Somerset afterwards.
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is the head man of the village in The man kidnapped by the gang which he lives. It is belleved that the victims were to be held for ran- som. They were brought to this city from Sungklang on a small junk and were being held prisonera in a Chinese dwelling house at 389 Ward Road.
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SEMI-FINALS.
FOOLHARDY ATTEMPT BY A NORWEGIAN.
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ONE CASE IN POINT.
London, July 4.
It is learned from Reuter's correspondent at Boston, Maas. that a Norwegian named David Turner, who is 28 years of age, started out from Boston to-day with Havre as his destination, it a sixteen-foot open boat, with a second-hand outboard motor.
This optimist expects to reach. Havre within two months, Bub alating on canned food.
A wag presented him with compass just before the bone departure from the quayside!
In view of this attempt, which borders on interesting to note that Colonel the foolhardy, it is Stewart, in the course of an in- terview nt Oslo, expressed con Sen and said he would not care to aiderable dislike of the North re-cross in similar conditions.
MISS WILLS AND MISS JACOBS WIN..
GREGORY AND COLLINS BEAT AMERICAN PAIR.
WIMBLEDON DUELS."
London, July 4. London awoke this morning to a heavy downpour of rain and as a result there was not a very large attendance at the Wimbledon most attractive programme of championships to-day, though a
American ladies' singles matches semi-finals, including the Anglo-
were down for decision.
the rain throughout the morning in Long queues, however, stood in
order to obtain the more desirable and they received their reward seats in the centre court stands,
when the sun Burst through the clouds shortly before the start and continued to ahine in the aftor- noon.
Colonel Stewart, a faw days ago, made the trip from Aberdeen to Norway in a forty-foot inbourd motor-boat equipped with a 140 hp, engine. Although the boat is
Three Times Finalisi, capable of 45 miles an hour, the
The first important mitch of Polico Get News,
crossing took 25 hours, the venacl
tho day
Misa HAW
Helen having a series of exciting adven-Wills, the American champion, Information concerning the tures in the rough sea
favourite whereabouts of the kidnappers and Col. Stewart was accompanied throughout, enter the final of the their victims was obtained late on on the trip by his wife, and Friday by the Kiangsu Water Pfriend.-Router.
Indies singles for the third year in succession. lice, they learning that the man, wo- men and children were being held captives in the International Set- tlement at the Ward Road address.
The Water, Police communicated with the Yangtzepos, station, re- questing the latter to raid the house in question and effect the release of the victims. The Settlement police agreed to the plan and a party of Chinese and foreign de Lectives armed and wearing bullet- proof vests, set out for the house, under D. S. Wardrop.
House Surrounded..
MADRID WILD WITH
EXCITEMENT.
SPANISH FLIERS & THEIR RESCUERS MOBBED.
and the strongest
Mina E. A, Goldsach her Br tish. opponent, was autclassed, though she aroused hopes of a pos- sible upset by an excellent stort. She won the first game easily, lost the second to Miss Wills' service, but regained the lead at 2-1.
From that time onwards, Miss Goldsack was overwhelmed and could not get another game. From 1-2, Miss Wills went to 6-2, and then in a dashing display she wad- AMAZING RECEPTION. ea through Miss Goldsack's de
Madrid, July 4. Tho reseus of the "Numancia”
fenco to win the second set to love.
The house was surrounded, and
Miss Ridley Also Fails," at a signal the detectives forced airmen and the subsequent recep- regarding the Channel Tunnel Princeton Universtiy, created to Norwich and from there along
their way into the place, only to tion at Gibraltar was by no means
Miss Joan Ridley was expected sald the project involved a large sensation
American the coast to Southampton, from
and the dwelling empty and with more heetle than the welcome to put up a better display against number of geological, engineering, Society's Independence Day dinner there to Bristol and onwards to
no algn of the prisoners and their accorded the rescued and their Miss Helen Jacobs, America's rescuers on their arrival in Madrid second-best lady player, but sha economic and other technical in London.
Blackpool. On the second day,
to-day. problems.
also failed badly. Miss Jacobs He declared that he believed the the planes will make for Renfrew, Ant was practically unplayable, capiers,
In the meantime, however,
The attention paid to Captain won the first set at 6-2, and the The work of the Committee United States should have been a Scotland, thence to Dunbar and and in a couple of spells he came
south. The out with a record of seven wickets while the police were on their way Inquiring into the matter was well little more generous in the settle then home to the advanced and their report would ment of the War Debt with course is so arranged that there for 34 runs. Somerset never look to the house from the Yangtzepco Laurence and the other officer of second by the same margin, her be available before the end of the Britain.
will be no hazardous crossing of ed likely to avoid the innings police station, the prisonern, who the British aircraft-carrier, H.M.S.driving and placing keeping Miss The big surprise of the day was house under guard, realized that Wild with enthusiasm, almost de- year.
Simultaneously, Router's Paris high hills in Scotland during the defent. The last wicket fell at 94. had been held in the Ward Road Eagle, were embarrassingly fervid. Ridley running about.
Ast, who bowls medium paco The Prime Minister made an correspondent announces that the evening, such as caused a fatal
right hand had had particular dis- their guards, evidently suspicious, lirious with delight, the crowds the defeat of Tiiden and Huntor in interesting announcement in the Debt Agreement, question has been accident in the race last year,
through the cordons, rescued and their compatriots Allison and, Van- course of the sitting, to the effecfurther complicated by the deci
Originally there were 66 entries tinction in his matches against had fled and that they were no overpowered. the police and broke the semi-final of the doubles by
longer being watched.
rescuers being embraced and Ryn. The astonishing part about that a Royal Commission is short-sion of the Chamber Finance Com-a record number-received by Someract.
Victims Make Outery.
the match was that Allision and ly to he set up to enquire inte all mittee, by a majority of one vote, the Royal Aero Club for the wickets in the second innings
sevoral for 23 runs.Reuter.
Young women aristocrats com- Van Ryn did not lose à' set. matters of general importance to insert a formal reservation in Kings Cup Race, but affecting the Civil Service.
the Bill ratifying the Mellon-entrants have since dropped out. The machines are being hand- Berenger Agreement.
capped on their known perform- The reservation is to the ance, and a proportion of the total nounced that the British delegates effect that France shall not pay handicap will be allotted to each
League Delegates,
The
F
Foreign Secretary an
parations.
machines will complete each sec- tion in their actual order in the race,
at the next meeting of the League more than she recovers from re-section of the course. Thus, the of. Nations Assembly would be the Prime Minister, the President of M. Poincare has repeatedly the Board of Trade (Mr. William declared that reservations to the Graham) for part of the time, Bill are useless.-Kenter.
DUTCH ELECTION RESULTS.
PARTY STRENGTH ABOUT THE SAME.
Lord Cecil, Sir Cecil Hurst, the legal Adviser to the Foreign Offee, Mr. Kugh. Dalton, the Parliamentary · Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Helena Swanwick, the Prest- dent of the Women's In- ternational League (British Section), Mrs. M. A. Hamilton, Labour Member for Blackburn, who was a member of the Balfour
Amsterdam, July 4, Committee on British Trade and Yesterday's elections left the Industry, Mr. Philip Baker, Parties almost as they were, the Labour M.P. for Coventry and Sir figures being as follows: Ernest Cassel Professor of Inter- national Relations in the Univer-
sity of London, and himself.
Viscount Ceell's Views.
Catholica Socialists
..30.. .24.
Anti-Rovolutionaries ...12.
The choice of Viscount Cecil tributed amongst eight other
Lo again reprekent Britain on the Parties-Reuter,
Preparatory Disarmament Com.
mission as well as to attend the
next meeting of the Assembly was
WORK.
warmly cheered by the Labour CHINESE CENSORS Benches. It will be recalled that Viscount Cecil was the principal British delegate'nt Geneva in the Conservative, but resigned his position owing to disagreement with Mr. Baldwin's disarmament policy.
PUBLICATION,
Some of the Entries.
Racing numbers will be carried which, by arrangement with the
At Leicester, he took
SNAGS IN AMERICAN TAIIFF BILL.
COMPLICATED PROBLEMS
showered with bouquets.
The entire party of prisoners pletely abandoned their natural The defeat meant Tilden's exit set up a clumour which was heard by a private watchman on duty Spanish restraint and disregarded from all the championship events nearby. A passer-by managed to the recent by-laws forbidding at Wimbledon, but in the doubles open one of the windows and heard publle ombraces, and enthusias-he was rather unlucky. the story of the victims. Chinesotically kissed the Englishmen, who police constables were notified and after a terrific llonising made a entered the house, liberating all the grateful prisoners. They were escorted to the Yangtzepoo police station and the Klangsu Water Police were com- muntented with.
The victims told the Settlement
A Bad Decision.
escand unscathed.
Tilden and Hunter were stand- Spanish officers linked arms to pro. UNSETTLED.
tect the English officers until the ing 9-8 in the second set and shelter of their hotel was reached. needed only a point for the eigh Captain Laurence afterwards teenth game and the set, when Washington, July 4.
"We are quits, for Allison saved the game with a Owing to the complicated politi-
exclaimed: Air Ministry, will be painted on cal and economic problems wrapp- police that they had been kid- the Spanish police saved our liveservice ace which was fully six The crowd gaped at the um both sides of the rudder in place od round it, it appears doubtful napped by a gang of about 50 men, from dangers such as we have inches out of court. of the usual "G," for Great Bri- if the Hawley-Smoot Tarift, Bill brought to Shanghai and held in never faced on the ocean."
The party are lunching with Ppire's decision and Tilden went to tain.
will be completed by the Finance the Ward Road house, their guards
pair won the second set at 12-10 Among the pilots who will take Committee of the Senate when the being three men and one woman, the Queen of Spain to-morrow. pieces afterwards. The younger
Reuter and British Wireless.
and then took the third at 6-3. part are Captain W. L. Hope, who] Benate re-issembles. on August the men being armed with pistols.
Allison and Van Ryn, howevar, won last year's race at an average 19th.
Guards Flee
played extraordinarily well to speed of 1051⁄2 miles an hour, Mr. There are the questions of
About 4 p.m. C. F! Uwing, second in last year's amending it by providing the
on Friday, they LI CHAI-SUM STILL ATgether. They are an ideal pair
TANGSHAN.
and were much speedier bani race, and Mias W. E. Spooner, who sliding scale in the augor tariffe stated, the guards suddenly left the
Tilden and Hunter. Van Ryn was came in third.
as auggested by President Hoover, house. After several hours they
the best of the four. He returned Captain Hope will fly his own and also the desirability of tax raised enough courage to make an
Tilden's cannon-balls and smashed machine as last year, a D. Hing foreign, motor-cara 25 per outcry, the result being that they Moth. Miss Spooner will also cont, ad valorem.
to great advantage. were later released.
One of the women prisonera la compete as an owner-pilot, Mr.
Also requiring attention are the daughter-in-law of the adult Uwins will pilot a "Bristol Bull-
ments, causing disquiet.
.
LUCKIER THAN HONGKONG.
LONG DROUGHT BROKEN AT HOME,
In-
1
RELEASE ONLY MATTER OF TIME.
British Triumph.
Canton, July A.. Mr. Chow Kal-kwang, a mem- The final of the Men's Doubles children are his grandsons and granddaughtera. The rest of the ber of the Central Executive Com-will be Anglo-American for Dr. victims are members of two other mittes of the Kuomintang, who is J., C. Gregory and I. G. Collins familles. One young boy of about on a private visit to Canton, stated, carried Britain's colours to victory Lolt and Hennessey 17 years la stated to be a student. in the course of an interview, that against They reported that they had been Marshal Li Chai-aum is still living (America) in the other semi-final after a hard struggle which went held in the Ward Road house since comfortably at Tangshan. Thursday.
to five sets..
THE FIRST SEA LORD.
The remaining 34 seats are dis.dog" plane entered by Sir G. the protests from foreign Govern-male prisoner. Several of the
Stanley White, Bart
Other machines are entered by cidentally, the Democrate are at Lady Bailey, who will fly in her tacking the Bill savagely
Router American Service. own plane; Lady Wakefield (pilot, Flight-Lieutenant N. Webster, who AT won the 1927 Schneider Trophy raco for England); Sir Charles Wakefield (Captain FL S. Broad); the Duke of Northumberland (Flying-OMeer A. II. Wheeler); MANY NEWSPAPERS CEASE Squadron Leader the Right Hon. F. Guest (Flying Officer E. H. Fieldon); Colonel the Master of Semplil, flying his own machine;
London, July 4. All the Chineso newspapers In Sir Robert McLean (Flying Officer
Heavy rain, accompanied by The Commons has agreed to an Soochow have announced the sus-J. Summers); and Mr. A: B. But-
London, July 4. amended Government resolution, pension of publication as a pro-ler, who has entered two machines violent thunderstorme, occurred taking private members' time to test against the alleged unreason-one to be piloted by himself, and over most of England early to-day,
thus breaking the drought which The Admiralty stato that there the other by his wife. the end of July. Mr. Ramsay able procedure of the censors,
When Mies Spooner came In had become severo in many parts is no truth in the rumbur which MacDonald desired to take the
has been published regarding the It is alleged that nows has been third last year, she won the Sidde- of the country. ..time up to Christmas, but with-
In four hours, nearly an inch of Impending retirement of the First drew his motion on opposition censored in a most indiscriminata ley Trophy and £100, which is from Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd manner,, causing considerable competed for concurrently with rain fell in London, and three Sea Lord, Admiral of the Floot Charles Madden, British George-Reuter and British Wire- perturbation to the editors of the the King's Cap, but only light inches on the East Coast-British Bir
Wireless. Ivarious journals.
aeroplanes are eligible.
·
Private Members' Time.
leta.
Shanghal, July 4,
Wireless.
ADMIRAL SIN C MADDEN NOT RETIRING.
He added that his actual release was only a matter of time Nan, Chung P
"The Americans won the first sat,. but the Britishers produced their real game and took two sets in a... row, winning the first at 7-5 and the second rather easily at 1. CABINET TROUBLE IN The fourth set went to the Amori-
PORTUGAL.
RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Lisbon, July 4., The Government has resigned owing to continued Cabinet dis sensions-Beuter.
cans. The final set produced a rare struggle. Five all was called, and it was impossible to nominate the winners, but the British páfr piled on all guns and won the next two games for a brilliant success.
More Planlists. Another British finalist pair are Mra. Covell and Mrs. B. C. Shep. (Continued on Pazo žr.)