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THE • HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
-PACIFIC FLIGHT
FAILS.
'BROMLEY UNABLE TO TAKE OFF.
Tokyo, Aug. 30. A message from Kasumigaura states that Harold Bromley (navigator), and Harold Gatty, failed to-day in a spectacular at tempt to hop off across the Pacific, narrowly escaping disaster. At 5.22 am Bromley signalled for the blocks to be removed and the monoplane, City of Tacoma, lum- bered eastward across the uneven field..
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF A FAMOUS OXFORD DON.
London Aug. SI The death is announced of Dr. WA. Spooner at the age of 86--
Reuter.
William Archibald Spooner, the originated Oxford "don" who "Spoonerisms" was born in July, as the son of a Stafford- 1844,
he
was
Д
of
shire county court judge. He was educated at Oswestry School and New College, Oxford, of which
and scholar which he was elected a Fellow in 1867 after taking a first in Classi- After rolling 1,300 metres it eat "Mods" and "Greats." He de- was evident that the plane was came a lecturer at his college in unable to lift the 1,050 gallons of 1868 and tutor in 1869. In 1872 gasoline, being handicapped by he was ordained. He was chaplain the soft and uneven runway. to to Archbishop Tait and an hon. gether with a cross breeze. Canon of Christ Church Catho
Bromley faced a choice of crash-dral, Oxford." From 1903 to 1926 ing into some, trees 300 metres he was Warden of New College ahead or of dumping his gasolina, and since then he had lived at Ox- thus enabling his 'plane to rise. ford in retirement. He chose the latter course."
The pilot opened the dump valves of the main tank, and shed 800 gallons in a few seconds. The 'plane then rose with a trailling plume of white spray, but barely topped the grove at the end of the airfield. It circled and returned to the starting point
Bromley was very disappointed and said he was determined to try again, although a re-start to- day is doubted.
Japanese Flights.
career,
An unkindate has ordained that a man had a long and distinguished academic edited the Histories of Tacitus and wrote a monograph on William of Wykeham and a book on Bishop Butler's life and works, is to be handed down to posterity as the maker of an amusing slip of the tongue which led the young bloods of Oxford to father upon him scores of similar absurdities.
י
The original "Spoonerism" dates In the meanwhile weather re-hymn Conquering kings their from 1879, when he gave out the ports are discouraging.-Reuter.
titles take" as "Kinkering congs. The fliers loaded enough oil for How many of the other slips at 60 hours or 4,800 miles.]
tributed to him were really his it Some is impossible to determine. of the best authenticated are his Tokyo, Aug. 30.- Synchronising with Bromley's call for "three cheers for the queer misfortune, the Japanese public old Dean" instead of the "dear are gratified at the success of the old Queen;" his reference to a two flights of their own country-well boiled icicle" and the remark men, marking a noteworthy ad- that his luggage consisted of "two rags and a bug." Whether he vance over the previous Japanese ever said: "Excuse me, but you are aviation achievements.
occupewing my ple" or spoke of the "Dull Man of Greenwich" when he meant the "Green Man of Dulwich" is doubtful, for in- genious undergraduates produced two books containing large num- bers of "Spoonerisms" which they had themselves concocted.
an
Seiji Yoshihara, flying a light Junker plant, left Berlin on the morning of August 20, and arrived at Tokyo to-day, being greeted by enthusiastic throng as the national hero of the moment.
For ten and 3 half days Yoshihara averaged over 1,000 In Sept. 1928, Dr. and Mrs. kilometres daily. It is claimed Spooner--she was s daughter of that this surpasses the average of the Bishop of Carlisle-celebrated Hinkler's flight from Britain to their gelden wedding by a party in Australia.
the hall of New College, where they were surrounded by their children and grandchildren.
Zensaku Azuma started from Los Angeles on June 22, and has arrived at Seoul en route for Tokyo. Azuma flew across America, crossed the Atlantic. by steamer, and left Croydon August 1-Reuter.
Azuma Reaches Tokyo.
on
GENERAL H. T. ALLEN.
Organiser of Philippines Constabulary.
Buenavista Springs, Pa., Aug. 31. Tokyo, Aug. 31. General H. T. Allen, former com- Azuma has arrived at Tokyo.mander of the American army of He is the first Japanese to tra- occupation on the Rhine, died of verse the continents of America, heart failure whilst viewing the Europe and Asia by afr.Reuter. scenery from the porch at the [Bort Hinkler flew from Croy-summer residence of the German don to Australia, (10,340 miles) Ambassador. He fell fifteen feet in 15 days in February, 1928, from the veranda.-Reuter's Am- In an Avian light aeroplane.]
crican Service.
Air Race Tragedy.
Chicago, Aug. 30.
1930.
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The late General Henry Trueman Allen was born at Sharpsburg, Kentucky, in April 1859, and after the first. Civil Governor of the Another tragedy has marred going through educational Archipelago, civil government was the National air
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He took part in the Meuse
George Fernie, formerly a lieuten- Military Academy, New York, the task of bringing into being an Argonne offensive in the autumn ant in a Roumanian Army, flying and the United States Military Ac-insular police force. This task of 1918 and in November was ap- in a small home-made plane, crash-ademy at West Point, was appoint was no easy one as the Filipinos pointed to the command of the
ed 2nd. Lieutenant ed and was killed before the eyes Cavalry in 1882, and promoted to of the hated Guardia Civil of the 7th U.S. Army Corps, until, inj to the 2nd saw in the Constabulary a replica 8th, later of the 9th and finally of 1st. Lieutenant in 1889.
of 40,000 horror-stricken specta- tors. Reuter's American Service.
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Spanish times. General Allen July, 1919, he became commander. Among the assignments that fell eventually accomplished the work in-chief of the American Army of to his lot was work of exploration in the beginning this body was off occupation at Coblenz. When the. in Alenka in 1885-86. His know cered almost entirely by Americans American troops were gradually. ledge of military tactics and care-and a few British subjects, but in withdrawn, General Allen started a ful study of the subject won him course of time the foreign element fund to aid underfed German the rest of military attache to
was eradicated, and later almost all children and succeeded in raising GENERAL HERTZOG RECEIVED Russia in 1890-95 and to Germany the Americans. Major Allen was £5,000,000. He published an in-
in 1897-98. On the outbreak of BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
given the rank of Brigadier Gen-teresting book dealing with his the Spanish-American war he was recalled and sent to the front with eral and placed in command of the periences, on the Rhineland. Com-YOUR SAFEGUARD London, Aug. 30.
the rank of Major and Adjutant corps, and under his administration mission at Coblenz, Sir Robert Borden, formerly General, and later sent out to the
it became a noteworthy organisa- Conservative Premier of Canada. Philippine Islands as Lieutenant- tion. who will represent Canada at the Colonel with the 43rd regiment General Allen later became head Grand Officer of the Legion of forthcoming meeting of the Coun- After considerable campaigning in of the cavalry section of the U. S. Honour, Commander cil of the League of Nations, was the southern islands, he was a fexican punitive expedition ined the Croix de Guerre with Palms, General Staff. He served in the of Leopold (Belgium), was award- received by Mr. Arthur Hender pointed military governor of Leyte, son, Foreign Secretary, yesterday where the bands of fanatics, known 1916-17, and when the United the Belgian Croix de Guerre with
General Hertzog
as the Pulajanes, were causing States entered the Great War he Palms, and the Grand Cordon of the South
organised the 30th. Division in the Order of the Crown (Italy). considerable trouble. African delegate to the Imperial
1917. Later in the same year he He also received the medal of the Conference, was received by Mr.
was assigned to command the Imperial Russian Geographical Henderson this morning-British
90th division, then stationed in a Society, and was a member of the Wirclese.
sector near Toul, France.
|| American Geographical Society.
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