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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931.
日九十月四
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CALCUTTA SUBMARINE'S DRAMATIC NORTH
SWEEP.
Both First Prizes NAUTILUS READY TO
for England.
DEFY ARCTIC.
FORTUNE AT 70. WONDERFUL SEND-OFF
London, June 3.
England has had extra- ordinarily good luck in the Calcutta Sweep, winning both
first prizes.
AT NEW LONDON.
The sweep this year was NOTED AMERICAN ADMIRAL SPEAKS
divided into two parts, the
value of the Cameronian tickets being worth approximately £105,000 each.
Englund.
Both prizes come to One of them is held by a seventy- year-old London merchant, a Mr. Davis Dunn Bryson. The other; fortunate winter is Mr. W. H. Marks, who hails from Birming- ham-Router.
M. P. RAISES A BOGEY.
PURCHASE OF LINE OF STEAMERS.
London, June 3. Asked us to the position of the Government of Great Britain in relation to the failure of the
Royal Steam Pucket Company to meet in cash its liability for the purchase of the Commonwealth Shipping Line, Mr. Pethiek Law- rence, Financial Secretary to the Treasury replied that neither the British Government nor the Royal- Mail Steam Packet Company had. any liability in connexion with the purchase of the Shipping Line from the Australian Government.
The purchase was carried out by the White Star Line in accordance with an agreement dated 25th April, 1928. He was informed that up to the present dute, ni instalments of the purchase price, i together with Interest in the
terms of this agreement, had been duly met.-British Wireless.
SOVIET GOÈS TO ROOT OF
DRUG PROBLEM.
PROPOSAL REJECTED.
Genera, June 3.
The conference on limitation of the manufacture of nareotle
THE "UNKIND" WORD.
FAILURE OR DISASTER.
AL
(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")
LL THE WORLD has thrilled to the daring and romantic plans of Sir Hubert Wilkins to make a submarine passage under the Arctic icepack to the North Pole in the next few weeks, interest swelling as the time for the great adventure approaches.
The Nautilus, the specially equipped craft in which the attempt is to be made, left New London, Con- necticut, yesterday, says Reuter, escorted by a destroyer and a seaplane, and saluted by shrieks from the sirens of surface craft in the harbour. Sir Hubert Wilking is aboard the submarine, which left at noon for Pro- vincetown, Massachusetts, where a further brief test will be undertaken, after which the dramatic enter- prise will begin.
The Nautilus will head for Spitzbergen, and then to the north-east coast of Greenland, from which points the dash to the Pole will be made. The remarkable trip has gathered glamour from the chorus of criticism on the score of practicability. In the following special article, Admiral Hugh Rodman, who com- manded the U. S. Feet in European Waters during the war, fore- casts failure, perbaps disaster, and Lieut-Commander Danen- hower spiritedly and somewhat sarcastically replies.
WILL PESSIMISTS BE FLOUTED?
The world thrills to an adven-flexible trolley for "feeling" the. ture of this kind, writes Admiral fee overhead while running sub- Hugh Rodman, but
it should be just as willing to condemn foolhardiness, · BRP- |ticularly when the results are unlikely to add one iota to the world's bene. fits, and little to scientific Informa Lion.
merged,
Limit of Endurance.
Since four days subnterged with-
434 PER ANNUISE
BINGEN OOPT TO QUAZE
LOCAL BRANCH.
Padder, Bldg.
NORTH POLE DASH.
POLE DASH. THE SILVER
UNEXPLORED REGION
POINT
BARROW
ALASKA
NA -D
GREENLAND
Courageous adventurers, but are they wise? Shown with the Nautilus as prepare for her dash to the Pole, are her able com mander, Licht. Commdr. Donenhower, above, and Sir Hubert Wil- Izin small innot. The vast unexplored ice areas beneath which they hope to travel in show on the map.
OIL FIRE CATASTROPHE.
GERMAN OFFICIAL VISIT TO LONDON..
REPARATIONS TO BE DISCUSSED.
INDUSTRIALISTS' DEMAND.
London. June 3..
FARCE GOES ON.
New Conference
Proposal.
Salt Lake City, June 8. An "unofficial" and informal world conference on the silver crisis, to be held under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce, prefer- jably in London, is suggested by Senator Smoot, an active sup- porter of Senator Key Pittman- The meeting between leading tion of the white metal.
in his campaign for rehabilita- statesmen of Britain and Ger- Mr. Smoot offers the proposal as many to which so much import-an alternative to an official Interna ance is attached in Europe, anditional Governmental conference, which was deliberately post-
The purpose would be, he says, of such a conference poned until the Geneva ference had terminated in order to draft "definite plans, of which to avoid offence to France, takes cognisance for official action,"
the various Governments would take place in London to-morrow.
Con-jas he suggests
According to authoritative circles, The German Chancellor, Dr. while Japan and China fuvoured the Bruening, and the Foreign holding of an international official Minister, Dr. Curtius, left Berlin conference, Britain offered oppos this evening and they will stay tion to the proposal owing to the during the week-end with Mr. situation in India, and France was Ramsay MacDonald at Chequers, opposed because she lacked direct
Interest-Renter. It is understood that the main topics of discussion will be Ger- many's financial crisis and the question of reparations payments.
The visit lends additional interest to a conference at Dus- seldorf yesterday of representa- tives of the West German heavy: industrica, where the Govern- ment's proposals to deal with the
Queer Story of Fanatics.
situation were severely criticised, Impervious to Shot
and where it was hinted that the Chancellor should break away from the Socialists and pin his faith to the Nationalists.
or Sword.
FUKIEN UPRISING.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
The speakers suggested inter; alia that Gormany should be re- leased for a year from all re- parations payments, apart from reparations in Kind, and that the creditor nations should aid A strange story, which would. - Germany to find export markets be dismissed as impossible in. for her industrial products-any country but China, comes
Reuter.
to hand from Kutien, where a company of men calling them.
RELIC OF PAST. Terrible Toll of THE BOYCOTT IN clves the "Big Swords" is
PARLIAMENTARY
CURIOSITY.
out fresh air is the ordinary limit M.P. "RESIGNS."
of endurance, it is hoped to extend
this
of
to six days by the use chemicals and improved appliances.
London, June 3.
Life.
ENTIRE TOWN IN DANGER.
The pair of Diesel engines, one Mr. J. A. Tinine, the Conserva- Oil Tanks Struck by
for each of her twin screws, are tive member for the Wavertree used for propulsion and the re- Division of Liverpool, has ap- charging of batterien white run-plied for and been granted the ning on the surface. But they Chiltern Hundreds, thus nieces- cannot
used
under water.sitating a bye-election. When the chart is submerged,
Lightning.
INDIA.
AN IMPROVEMENT CLAIMED.
London, June
doing wonders in the way of destroying the bandits.
The men engaged in the enter prise profess to be impervious to sword or lance or gun; none of these weapons enn harm them, “ They have Achilles heel. The only thing they are afraid of in boiling water.
1173
In order to join the company, a in form of initiation has to be gone
The Secretary for India, Mr. Wedgwood Benn
referring
Parliamentary answers to the through, which includes an oath Round Table Conference, said it granted them" for selfish ends. resumption in the Autumn of the not to use the "uncanny power.
was hoped that the members of the
Initiation Ceremony. Sir Inbert plugs.
Federal
Structure drugs to-day rejectes, by 49 votes to cross from the
Committee The feature of the ceremony is would reach London at the to 2, a motion by M. Begomulo, vicinity of Spitz-
be the lighting of sticks of incense Soviel
ginning of September. representative, to bergen
by the candidate. If the incense Bucharest, June 3. insert in the drift convention, North
Questioned regarding the ful-lights readily it is a sign that he is clause applying the convention to Boring Strait
motive power, lighting, heating
Terrible loss of life is fear-filmant of that portion of in Adm. Rodman and all other purposes are entire Mr. Tinne polled 16,880 votes, Mr.led to have been caused by aalt with the freedom of the take fire, it is taken aa proof that the worthy of admission. If there is all kinds of raw materials.
Irwin-Gandhi agreement the North Pacific. Of this dia- ty dependent upon the
which difficulty in getting the incense to tance about 1.500 miles lles under batteries.
storage S. L. Treleaven (Lab.) 18,585, and castastrophic oil fire
Mr. H. R. Rathbone (Lib.) 11.723. Moinesthi, near Nacaou, one goods when they so desired, Mr. and is not admitted.
at Indian people to purchase British the candidate has mixed motives When these become exhausted The retiring member won the
the
via
the Pole to
be
At the last Genoral Election,
of
He singled out opium, cocal leaves, indian' hemp for restric- the Arctic lee fields, unless open tion, besides the narcotic drugs water he found, which is not at it is imperative to came to the sent from the Liberale in 1924 by of the principal petroleum Benn said that clauses Six and The Immediate result of the which are capable of being manu all likely, factured from them.-Renter,
The Nautilus is the former another subsurface run can
surface at once to recharge before a majority of over three thousand producing districts in Ru-Seven of the agreement were now activities of this company is that U.S.8.0-12, one of the older type made.
be Ife is partner in the firms of
generally implemented. There banditry is now dangerous. They' Sandbach, submarines, 17h feet in length.
Tinne and Co...
mania.
had admittedly been Instances are overywhere burning the houses The fuel tanks of the Nautilus Liverpool, and of Sandbach, Par
which in the view of the Govern-jand destroying the property of all which has been reconditioned for give her a surface cruising range kor and Co., of Demerara. He done by the roaring flames, the ment, but as the result of actioned in banditry, while law-abiding. Enormous damuge has been ment of India infringed the agree-who are considered to be implicat- this special work. Commander of about 3,000 miles, but by was Parliamentary Private Secre the US. Naval Academy, who used in diving, Sloane Dauenhower, a graduate of filing the ballast tanks, normally tary to Sir Burton Chadwick in whole town of Moinesthi la an improvement had been effected. citizens are left unmolested. The resigned in 1911, will be her com-would be extended to about 6,000 in
with oil this 1927-28, and to Mr. H. G. Williams threatened with destruction, and-British Wirolean. manding officer. He is expert-miles. enced, capable and resourceful in ubmarine work. The Nautilus will be in the hands of an expert, }
Special Devices.
·RECORD ́DERBY CROWD.
KING WONDERFULLY RECEIVED.
London, June 8.
Emergency Problem.
L
run in the presence of the Kine under ice all those have been fage, batteries gave her a submerg-roaign, but if he accepts an office!
TIN RESTRICTION AGREEMENT.
QUOTĄS ALLOTED TO FOUR COUNTRIES.
the
dangers of such a movement are Jobvious, but it is a melancholy thought that people are forced to take up arms in their own behalf while the Government does little or nothing to discharge its primary ¡duty:
RICKSHA UPSET BY LORRY.
DOCTOR'S WIFE GETS A NASTY SHAKING.
1928-29, while they wore the inhabitants have fled from Parliamentary Secretaries to the the region panic-stricken. Board of Trade.
The disaster occurred In a While oil may be used for last General Election by
Labour increased Its poll at the aavere storm. Several reservoirs ballast as well as water, still it is than three thousand votes.
more at a refinery were struck by. well within the range of In her original condition the that the tanks may be needed In Chiltern Hundreds is a Parliamen-area,
lightning and 'exploded, spreading possibility The Dorby, which was won by
Taking the Stowardship of the sheets of blazing oil over a huge the favourite for the frat. time conning tower and other deck an emergency, so that the oil in since 1927, ridden by the oldest erections required no special pro-them would have to be sacrificed. tary phrase applled to any mem
tection; but to fit her for cruising
The entire neighbourhood was jockey in Britain still riding, was
In her original design the storber who wishes to rosign his seat.
transformed into a sen of flames By English Law, an M.P. cannot
London, June 3. Atted under
within a few seconds. Dozens A rounding "aled ed cruising radius of from Ga to and Queen, the Prince of Wales,
deck," Fore and
of peoplo, it is feared, wore over- The Chairman of the Internu- the Duke and Duchess of York, the have been added to this, so that In Arctic temperatures, however, facta vacates his cont. Anyone aft runners 60 miles, at a speed of two knots of proft under the Crown ipse
whelmed without a chance of tional Tin Committee makes Duke of Gloucester, Prince George, the vessel may glide along the the batteries would be reduced to who wishes to resign, therefore,
cacape, and the fatalities are following announcement: Princess Mary and an enormous under surface of the ice.
.belleved to be considérable, 70 por cent, efficiency, thus reduce petitions for a nominal office-to
At its meeting at The Hague concourse of people, believed
Other changes include remodeling the submerged radius to 42 be made Steward of the Chiltern
on 16th May, the International-Tin Mrs. Smalley, wife of Dr. J. T. constituto a record attendance.
Jing and strengthening the bow miles.
The danger to Molnesthi was ap: Committee decided to recommend Smalley, medical officer in charge The Royal Party drove to Ep to stand the shock of impact,
I have seen a statement attribut-Northstead.-British Wivelean.. som in three cars from Bucking and the addition of a cushioning ed to Commander Danonhower
of parent from the very commence that the four participating Govern- of the Kowloon hospital, had a ment of the blaze and the popula- ments should reduce their output aty experience in the early ham Palace and as the procession projecting spar; removal of the that the Nautilus can traverse in
tion fied in terror from the scenes, of tin by 20,000 tons from the hours of this morning, as a result passed along the course to the old
taking with them only the bare torpedo tubes; Grand Stand through a dense crowd chamber
sovero shaking up returned to to enable merged, 125 miles. But from the
administratively possible.
It appears that she The four governments have now Kowloon by the last ferry from accepted that recommendation and Hongkong, and engaged a rickahs have agreed on the reduction, with at the stand. Just no the ricksha effect from first 1st June.
was moving away, a lorry drew) The quotas of the four countries alongside so close to it, that it as from 1st Juno will accordingly touched the wheel of the ricksha be as follows:Bollyla, 28,818 long upsetting the vehicle and throw?
to
forward
I
Hundreds
or of the Manor
diving 41.60 hours at three knots, sub- COMPULSORY necessities they snatched up before earliest date from which it was of which she received a rather
a mile long, the reception given to divers to leave the vessel under best available sources of informa the King was oven more demons- water to examine injuries or tion I believe this statement or trative than usual, for it was not make necessary ropalra; only his first appearance at the elevating conning tower shaft mine is more nearly in accordance an estimato to be in error, and that Derby since his illness of three 28 inches in diameter for drilling with records of the Navy and more years ago, but it was nieo his birth- and ponotrating 20 feet of over nearly correct. day.
hend ice, to afford access to the Many visitors flow over from surface. There also, are an afr Franco, Belgium, Holland and Ger- Itube and drill for nanetrating
(exhaust air, and gasses, and malf
Bpeed Cut Down,"
CONVERSION.
AUSTRALIAN SCHEME
ADOPTED.
Melbourne, June 8.
Joining the general exodus,
Firemen and troops have been rushed to the spot from neighbour ing towns and are combatting the flames. Reuter.
The Premiers' Conference to-day the scheme outlined a few days tons per annum: Malaya, 48,866; luggie occupant out!
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