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SAFEST TYRE
ENGLAND BUILD ALMOST IMPREGNABLE LEAD
REV. OWEN DROWNED
FEARS CONFIRMED IN
SHANGHAI
COASTER SUNK IN STORM
(Special to "Telegraph")
De Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphic Mesenges Ordinones, 1895. Repsired. Jawuary ER, 83,47 4,9]
Shanghai, Jan. 18.
There now seems little doubt. that the Rev. E. H. Owen, of the China Inland Mission, has been drowned, as feared,
The Shanghai headquarters of,
CONGRESSMAN'S LITTLE JOKE?
WANTS IMPEACHMENT OF MR. HOOVER
Washington, Jan. 17.
A resolution calling upon Congress to impeach Preasf- dent Hoover has been laid on the table of the House of Representatives by Mr. McFadilen, a Republicani mem- ber of the House-Reuter.
T.
LADY ABE BAILEY.
LOST
the China Inland Mission state that LONG OVERDUE ON they have been able to confirm the
report that the steamer upon which
Mr. Owan embarked for Ningpo was the Chinese a.. Ilsinningtai,
FLIGHT
which as reported yesterday was MOLLISON TO BEGIN
was lost in a storm.
The message received by the C.L.M. states that the Hsinningtai) was wrecked on Friday of lant! week and that all aboard are be- lieved to have been lost.
SEARCH
London, Jan. 18.
that Lady
Lady Abe Bailey's where The ship foundered when she was abouts are now giving rise within four hours of her destina-to considerable anxiety. tion.
She is considerably overdue. Yesterday it was hoped that and the cause for alarm is accen- while Mr. Owen was four days over-tuated by the fact duo he had not embarked on the Bailey appeared, on her arrival Hainningtal or the Yungchuan, at Oran, which was also lost, but on another symptoms of influenza.
be suffering from the of the many small conatal steumera operating on the Chekiang coast and that the delay was due to the vessel having taken shelter. Owen was betweeen 26 and 27 years of age and first arrived in China in
1931-Reuter.
Mr.
Despite a rise in temperature and a general feeling of discom- fort. Lady Bailey, in her anxiety not to be defeated in her project of beating the England-Cape Right record, took off from Oran the
same day,
If no news is received of the fer within the next few hours,
PEKING MUSEUM Mr. J. A. Mollison announces that
TREASURES
NANKING REMOVAL
·PLAN PROTESTS
(Special to "Telegraph">
(B Telegraph Copyright, Telegraphie Mesenger Ordinance, 1875, Macaíond, danwary 11. 18.11 p.m.j
Peking, Jan. 18.
To the outery of numerous public bodies against Nanking's de- cision to remove some of the Palace Muscum treasures has now been! added the voice of the entire Federation of Labour Union in Peking, who have telegraphed a protest to Nanking.
he will start immediately in search of her in a new De Havilland seven-seater air-liner.
He will be accompanied by Flight-Lieutenant W. L. Courtney and a mechanic.
They will fly direct to Oran and will commence their search from there. Reuter.
EXPERT PILOT'S
DEATH
FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT D.L.G. BETT
DISMISSED FOR 412
SEVENTH WICKET
STAND
AN AFTER-LUNCH COLLAPSE
AMES AND VERITY PUT ON 89
Adelaide, Jan. 19. After a brilliant stand be-i tween Ames and Verity this morning, their partnership putting on 89 runs before lunch, England faded away this afternoon and were all out for 412 runs.
When England wont into lunch with 385 on the board for al
wickets, it seemed that the final score must be much larger, but the four remaining wickets went for 27 after lunch.
THE GREAT WHITE WAY1-Heavy snowfalls are reported from the North of England and drifta 4 ft.
deep are by no means uncommon. Photo was taken on the Yorkshire moors.
SILVER BOOST
SOUGHT
Despite this minor collapse, how. ever, England are practically in an impregnable position, having established a lead of 531 runs, NEW BILL BEFORE which means that Australia re-
LATEST SCORES
ENGLAND-1st Innings: 341 (Ley. land 83. Wyatt 78, Paynter 77, Verity 45).
AUSTRALIA-lat Inninga: 222
CONGRESS
REMONETISATION
Washington, Jan. 17.
A Bill aiming at the remone- tisation of silvd has been in-
YORKSHIRE UNDER
SNOW
HEAVIEST FALL OF WINTER.
London, Jun. 17. The heaviest snowiall of this winter occurred to-day in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Wales. It is n toet deop ON the nigh Yorkshire moors and snow ploughs are being used. -British Wireless.
FREE STATE SWINGING
DEFEAT OF DE VALERA ANTICIPATED
ELECTION UNDER DIFFICULTIES
COUNTRY FROSTBOUND
(Our Own Correspondent).
Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphie Wekangra Ovillanner, Seri. •Received, January 17, 18.35 daj
London, Jan. 18. Bitterly cold weather prevails 'n Ireland causing restrictions in the rival election campaigns and rendering the task of testing the feeling of the country doubly difficult.
FLIGHT OVER of Mr. de Valera's following in
EVEREST
Nevertheless, while the strength.
many parts of the Irish Freo Stato |ard not under-estimated, there is a growing expectation in Dublin that Mr. Cosgrave will be returned. It is probable that he will at once and himself up against dim-
ATTEMPT TO BE MADE culties. It seems fairly certain
IN MARCH
that if Mr. Cosgrave wins the elec- tion, his majority will be a very small one and that his government will have a precarlons existence.
DUBLIN OPINION. Opinion on the Dublin Stock London, Jan. 17.
Exchange is, however, dejinitely Members of the Everest Flight turning towards the prospect of n
TWO MACHINES
(Ponsford 85, Oldfield retired hurt troduced in the House of Re-Expedition, led by Air-Commander change of government and prices
presentatives by Mr. Steagall, the chairman of the Banking Committee.
J3).
ENGLAND 2nd Innings.
Sutcliffe, e O'Brien, b Wall Jardine, lbw Ironmonger
7
56
Wyatt, e Wall, b O'Reilly
49
Allen, lbw b Grimmett
15
Hammond, b Bradman
85
Leyland, Wall, b Ironmanger
42
Ames, b O'Reilly
69
Verity, lbw O'Reilly
40
Paynter, not out
1
Larwood, e Bradman, b
-ironmonger
R
Voce, b O'Reilly Extras
8
Total
32
412
BADKAMERAJU KOSKAARSC)
Iquire 532 in the fourth innings ¡to win.
The Bill provides that the Sc- cretary of the Treasury Depart ment shall immediately purchase silver the open market at cur- rent prices to the value of G.$250,-) 000,000 and that thereafter, ench month, he shall purchase one- twelfth of the estimated annual production of allver/bullion in the United States, Alaska and the Philippines..
Payment for the silver, ander the Bill, would take the form of Jailver certificates, which would be
declared legal tender-Reuter,
FORMER HEALTH
OFFICER
GIRL FLIERS Lord Clydesdale as chief pilot, which is generally interpreted as
RESCUED
MISS PAGE'S LEG BROKEN
COMPANION HURT ABOUT HEAD
Fellowes, with Squadron Leader are rising in the country markets, leaves for India carly next month a sign of a widespread belief that the Anglo-Irish economic wer will and the attempt to fly over the soon ba brought to an end. world's highest mountain will be made in March.
These
The Centre Party and the Indo-
The main base will be at Par-pendents, whose spokesman is the nea, about 150 miles from Mt. Lord Mayor of Dublin, are deter- Everest.
|mined to avoid another early elec- tion by the formation of a Nation- The flight will be undertaken al Government. by two neroplanes, each carrying) a pilot and an observer.
TOO COLD FOR MEETINGS. will be equipped with oxygen, con- tained in cylinders, made of the still struggling to overcomo some Meanwhile, the candidates are special and extremely strong steel of the difficulties offered in their recently produced by Vickers campaigning by the weather. A London, Jan. 17.
Armstrong. The two English girl flyers,
large part of the country in frost- Westland aircraft, with Bristol bound and as ninety per cont. of Miaa Joan Page and Miss Audrey Pegaaua engince, have been che the meetlags called are in the ope Sale Barker, who crashed in theen for the venture and all the air, the audiences dwindle away African bush during a heavy flying members of the expedition rapidly owing to the intense cold. storm on their way from the have undergone tests in sealed; THE FOURTH INNINGS.
Even Mr, da Valera's own meet- Cape to England, have now been chambers at the Royal Aircraft Ings have been affected
in this Australia are faced with an al- DEATH OF DR. B. H. brought safely to Nairobi. establishment, in which the air, way. most impossible task. The fourth
They were located yesterday was rarified to an extent approxi-|- `- MELLON wicket record for the Adelaide
after an air search, having been mating to a height of 37,000 feet.) At the present moment, about a Flight-Lieutenant D. L. G. Bett, ground is 400 runs for 7 wickets, News has been received in the missing since Saturday.
In that atmosphere thin paper. third of the treasures have been the pilot selected by the Air Mini-by Victoria against South Austra- Colony of the death of Dr. B. H. Miss Page had suffered a broken packed and stored away
stry to undertake Britain's attack in. against
Mellon, former Health Officer of leg and her companion had slight falls to the ground without fut- toring and the tick of a watch in possible trouble, but so far none on the long-distance endurance re-
The record Test Match fourth the Port, which occurred on Friday head injuries, have boun removed from Pekingcord, has died in hospital at Hal-innings, 411, went to England at last, at Palama, Majorca Island. Both are now in hospital and are unheard ng there is insumclent alr All the mem- Reuter.
Sydney in 1924-25, the next best, The late Dr. Mellon, who was reported to be comfortable, and carry the sound.
bera passed the test. 370 was obtained by England at born in 1888, was a son of Mr. cheerful. Adelaide in 1924-25,
J. H. Mellon, of Greensland. Co. They state that they were blown The cost of the expedition is he- Antrim. He entered the Hong-out of their course by the storming largely borne by Lady Touston, Australia have never yet scored kong Government service in 1921 and in making a
forced landing-British Wirclean. as many as 360 runs in the fourthias Second Health Officer, being when their petrol was exhausted, innings of a Test Match. Their promoted to the substantive post the machine turned over.-British | best effort was 236 at Adelaide In 1928-29.
in 1923. During his residence Wirelean. here, he made many friends, who The highest Test score on the will learn with the utmost regret Adelaide ground was made by of his death. He leaves a widow FRORISHER'S NEW Australia in 1920-21, when, in and, one child, their second innings, the third of Dr. Mellon retired from the Go- the match they compiled 682.
SECOND CHENG PETITION
TO COME BEFORE EXECUTIVE · COUNCIL
Some thousands of signatures, it In sak, have been sucured for the second petition for the re- prieve, of Cheng Kwok-yan, Copies
Photo
London, Jan. 18.
Lt.
shows (right) Fit. of the petition have been lying at D. L. G. Batt and Lieut. Gaylord various busines premises for the who was to have been his companion past two days, and in addition to
on a Cape flight.
numerous Chinese there have been ton, Buckinghamshire, following
an operation. European signatures ap- many
Plans for the 6,000-mile flight pended.
to the Cape in one hop were prac- The petition in, we learn, being tically complets a fortnight ngo handed to the Government this when Flight-Lieutenant Bett was evening, and wil come before the takon auddenly Reuter. Executive Council at its caeeting to-morrow morning.
HAIN IN MORNING.
ROLE
TRAINING SHIP FOR CADETS
DEATH OF MRS.
turo.
FORSYTH
SANGUINARY FIGHTING
JAPANESE CLEAN-UP ROUND MULING
Harbin, Jan, 18. Japanese military headquarters H.state that afx Japanese punitive expeditions are operating fanwise from Muling, cleaning up scatter- ed bands of anti-Manchukuo Volunteers.
have, it is claimed, resulted in Several sanguinary encountora heavy losses for the Chinese.-- Router.
ALEKHINE BEHIND
SCHEDULE
DUE IN SHANGHAI NEXT WEEK
(Spacial to "Telegraph”)
Ordinance, 1886. Revstand, Junnery Chu Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphic 21, "TRAF, 1,16.}
Shanghai, Jan 18. Dr. Alekhine, the world's chesa
WELL-KNOWN WORKER vernment service at the end of 1981, being invalided out. Me
FOR CHARITIES later wont to Nice, In the south There were twenty thousand pre-of France, and whilst there was
Widespread regret has been oc- casioned by the death of Mrs. nent when Anies (18) and Verily admitted to hospital with a broken went out to resume England's in-leg. Subsequently, he went to
Forsyth, wife of Mr. W. Forsyth, London, Jan. 17. of Kowloon Docks, which occurred nings. The weather was rather Majorca Island, and recent news
The cruiser Frobisher, 9,760 at the Matilda Hospital last night. unsettled but the rain which had showed that he had also been in fallon in the early morning did hospital there. No news has been tona, left Chatham to-day for the
The deceased Indy, who was not appear to have damaged the received of the cause of his death, West indien todo o mare extremely well-known as an old
ship for cadets of Dart pitch.
**** [however."
mouth and public schools. There resident of the Colony, made a large circle of friends by her Bradman completed his over and
were 113 cailets on board, then Woodfull called upon his Bradman did not have the luck During her three months' cruise kindly disposition and genial na Wall and which carpe his way last night she will visit the Azores, Trinidad worker on behalf of the M.O.L. normal opening pair,
She was an indefatigable O'Reilly. Scoring was slow at the His arrival was the signal for both Grenada, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and other local charities, and start and 300 did not appear on batsmen to open out.
Antigua and Bermuda, returning from the inception of Kowloon the board until the innings bad
AMES HITS OUT.-
to Chatham on April 7th. been in progress for 431 minutes.
Ames scored nicely with
The ship's company is reduced Union Church had been a member GRIMMETT'S TEMPTERS. beautiful drives through the cavers, to the minimum necessary for of the Committee, also being a
and sunt up his 50 in 149 minutos supervision of the working of the past President of the Women's Champlon, is arriving in Shanghal Chosa Club is arranging recap- A strong anticyclone is centred A fight between two boys fɑl-
will be needed as working hands. At Home", which was to have tions and exhibitions during his with high pitched balls, but the dary.
Grimmett was tempting Verity by sending Bradman to the boun-ship, so that the young officers Guild in connexion therewith. The on January 24. The International
live and work been hold by the Guild to-day has over N. E. China and S. W. Man- lowing a game of marbles at W- Yorkshire bowler refused to in-
wock's stay-Router. Vority brought off some excellent They will
• covers Hekkaido. Fresh monsoon one of the youths, Wong Ping- covers Foliada depression mer Street, Wanchal, resulted indulge in reckless alogging, runs log shots and he had contributed ordinary seamon.--British Wire-been indefinitely postponed in con-
sequence of her death. oming steadily, the partnership 36 when the lunch interval was ens. will continue over the China kwan, aged 15, receiving a stab reaching their fifty runs after bat-reached with the score enhanced by Coast and the China Sen.
wound.
ting for 64 minutes. Local weather forecast:-Nor-
80 runs during the morning and no The injury was inflicted in the
Three hundred and fifty appear-wicket taken. therly winds, moderato to fresh; back and it was necessary for the
ed on the board aftor 492 minutos
The Junch interyal claimed its cloudy with rain and mist, improv victim's removal to the Govern- and five runs after, Bradman was usual victims. Two wickets fell in .Ing slightly later.
given the ball in place of Grimmett, the first quarter of an hour,
WEATHER PROSPECTS.
BOYS FIGHT
STAB WOUND IN BACK
mont Civil Hospital.
Bojue
A
Much sympathy will be felt with Boma floor wax to the Police Train... · the husband and family in their Ing School at Prince Edward Road.. In our report of the Yaumati heavy bereavement. Amongst the caught fire shortly after 11.20 'thle School prize-giving yesterday, tho]
In children left are Mrs. David Pur morning, and a call was put through to the Kowloon Fire Brigade. The name of the Headmaster was advertently given as Mr. Mindell. It of Smughal, and on flames word extinguished within should, of course, bara been the Rav. Forsyth, Jnr., who is at present very few minutes and no material G.E.B... Upadell.
in the Colony,
damage was caused.