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RUSSO-JAPANESE TENSION GROWS RAPIDLY
HINKLER
MYSTERYY SOLVED
BODY & WRECK FOUND
IN APENNINES
IDENTIFIED BY
PASSPORT
Florence, April 28.
The mystery of the disappear- ance nearly four months ago of
the famous Australian
airman,
Bert Hinkler, is believed to have
The late Mr. Bart Hinkler.
been cleared up by the discovery DEATH
of-the wreckage of an aeroplane
in desolate region in the
2
Apennines.
The wreck was found to contain: the body of a man, on which a document bearing the name Her- bert could be seen, the surname
having been tiefaced by the
weather.
The document states that the? man was born at "undaberg Australia" which seems conclusive,! Hinkler having been born at Bunda- berg.
IDENTITY NOW ESTABLISHED.
A passport and other documents
FEAR DISPELLED
B. & S. OFFICERS ALL WELL
RANSOM RAISED TO $4,000,000 Newchwang, Apr. 29.
A letter has been received
found near the body definitely con- from the kidnapped officers firm that the body in that of
of the Nanchang disposing of ilinkler,
Death must have been instanthe report that one of them taucous as the plane apparently crashed and then caught on fire was shot dead in another "hi- and the body partly burned. The jacking" fight between ban- wood- dite. wreckage was sighted by cutters.
Bellicose Article in Official) Japanese Newspaper
INFLATION BILL PASSES
"ANOTHER SILVER BOOST
AMENDMENT
Washington, April 28. The Senate has passed the Farm Relief Inflation Bili. The only important amendment adopted au. thorised the President to accept silver to the value of two hundred million dollars in part payment of war debts instead of the original hundred millions.
The Bill now goes to the Senate and its passage is certain. Reuter,
BODY-LINE BOWLING
SUGGESTED NEW RULE
DRAWN UP BY AUSTRALIA
Melbourne, Apr. 28.
RESORT TO BOLIVIA'S
ARMS IF NECESSARY
"IT IS USELESS TO NEGOTIATE"
COMPULSION
ADVOCATED
Harbin, Apr. 28.
The threat of war between
SHARP NOTE
PEACE-MAKERS REBUFFED
A RIDICULOUS. ASSUMPTION
(Special to "Telograph")
(Selvarajh, Copyright, gra Ordinance, fami 29, 8.30 M.)
Telegraphic Afry
Received. Apell
Buenos Aires, Apr. 28,
Efforts to mediate between Boli-
Russia and Japan is growing via and Paraguay who are still
rapidly. Feeling is running high and is being actively fostered by the Japanese
newspapers.
ghting in the Gran Chaco hav
met with a sharp rebuff.
The inst attempt was a preposit
governments of
MLLE. HILTZ DUE THIS AFTERNOON
́DIRECT FLIGHT, FROM
SHANGHAI.
Information has been received by the A.P.C. that Mlle. Hiltz, the French air: women, who recently cam. pleted a flight from Paris to Tokyo, and is now on the return trip, left Shanghal at 7.15 this morning for a direct hop to Hongkong.
Weather conditions are reported to be rather bad outside, and she is not expected to arrive in the Colony until
some time after 2 p.m. to-day.
Sombre Speech
AMERICA BACKS BRITAIN
IMPORTANT MOVE IN DISARMAMENT
ADMONITION TO GERMANY
Genova, Apr. 28. What are regarded as "the first fruits of the MacDonald. Roosevelt conversations in Wa- realised to-day shington" were at a meeting of the General Com- mission of the Disarmament Con- {ference.
The United States came out strongly in support of the British Plan outlined by Mr. Ramany Mar- |Donald during his recent visit to
Geneva.
Mr. Davis, the principal
from the neutrun over tents by Lord Grey Noren Date, old the Com
The growing tensity of feeling dispute should be submitted to in Japan against the U.S.S.R. in arbitration for settlement the dispute over the Chinese East.
jern Railway is indicated by a belli- The offer is unconditionally re- cose article in the Japanese official jected by the Bolivian Government newspaper, The Harbin Timca. In a long Note which suggests Throughout the dispute, the resentment at the "interference." Harbin Times has been actively anti-Soviet.
FORCE ADVOCATED.
The Note has been addressed to both government, and Bolivia de-
GERMAN EVENTS
DEPLORED
London, Apr. 28. Viscount Grey, who was For-
mission that the United States would join, with others, in resist- ing any amendments which would upent the balance of the British Plan.
Mr. Davis's announcement is
monition to Germany that any at
ADMONITION TO GERMANY.
This is regarded as tantamount to American acceptance of the To-day's article is headed: "tetares: "This dilatory solution cign Secretary in 1914, reviewed primary details, of the Plan, thus world problems indicating that the Washington is Useless to Negotiate with the would favour Paraguay." and for some current Soviet" and goes on to declare either Bolivin or Paraguay to re-
oflelal communications would have The Australian Board of Con-that new mensures must be lound sort to the good offices of a third with particular reference to the taiks advanced further than the party in settlement of a purely recent events in Germany, in an led the average person to believe. trol have decided to ban body-line to solve the pr bowling, and have asked, the The Manchuktiv Government private matter would lead to the address to delegates after his re-
munt, says the journal, inveaugate ridiculous assumption that both election to-day as President of interpreted, moreover, as an ad- Hinkler left London on January The letter declares that all are DLC.C. to do likewise. 7 in an attempt to fly to Australia in good health and fairly well and until to-day had never again treated. They are belag kept in
The Board have recommended the "illegal acts" of Soviet officials, were fighting without knowing Liberal Council.
At the outset, he expressed tempt to upset the balance of the and the Soviet Government should why-Reuter. been heard of. Extensive searches janks in Panshan Bay,
warm approval of the step taken Plan will not be tolerated and that the adoption of the sub-com- were carried out, but they
by the Prime Minister in accept the United States Government is rolling-stock The new ransem demand is for mitice's additional rule to the compelled to return the C..R. confined to the Alps region.
four million Chinese dollars and laws of cricket, and have
"stolen" and taken into Russian BOURN BEATEN ing President Roosevelt's invita determined to oppose any two hundred pairs of woollen socks. the M.C.C. for their co-operation. territory, even if this means re-
He was convinced that the armament by Germany, co-operation of the United States Negotiations on this basis.
The suggested law rends:
GERMAN BOMBSHELL- sort to force by Manchukuo,- proceeding very slowly.—Reuter,
one of the most important
round,"
were
CLEVER PILOT. Hinkler was not only a very clever pilot and a first class me- chanic but a navigator of remark able skill who was credited with an uncanny power of finding his way over unknown country and through the worst weather. He was also an inventor and designed the special undercarriage which has been adopted as the standard for all Avians.
THE ATHLETIC ARGYLLS
TRACK AND FIELD SUCCESSES
(Special to "Telograph")
are
Afca Telegraphic
asked
"Any ball delivered which, in the Reuter opinion of the umpire at the bowler's end, is bowled at a bats. men with Intent to intimidate Gr
has which
been
Injure him, shall be considered CHIANG KAI-SHEK
unfair
and no ball shall be
called and the bowler notifed the reason. If the offence be repeated by the same bowler in the
same
innings he shall be instructed by
IN PEKING
the umpire to sease bowling and HEAVY FIGHTING AT
the over be regarded as completed, and auch a bowler shall not be permitted to bowl during the innings."
WOOLLAM WINS GOLF TITLE
Ganton. Yorka, Apr. 28.
tion.
waa
factors in "pulling the workl
re-
Meanwhile, German amendment were submitted to-day suggesting,
The meeting between Mr. Roose. inter alia, an extension of the pro- velt and Mr. MacDonald had been hibitione and the destruction a meeting between two men of the of defensive weapons, showing In the final of the English Cluse utmost goodwill, who had a real that Germany is most determined Golf Championship to-day, John desire in see the world relieved in her demand for equality. Woollam of looton, Cheshire, de of its present difficulties.
M. Massig! (France) criticised the fented T. Bourn, of Sunningdale.
amendment as practically destroying the British proposals, while Captain Anthony Eden, the
pressed astonishment and
the 1930 winner, by 4 and 3.----
London, Apr. 28.
per.
·
VERY DEPRESSED.. NANTIENMEN
Referring to Germany, he sulð Peking, Apr. 20.
Woollam defented Fiddlan, the he could not help feeling vers de principal British delegats, ex Marshal Chiang Kai-ehek arrived holder, by one hole in the quarterpressed at what had happened turbation. The Board of Control have unexpectedly in Peking shortly finals and accounted for McClure, there lately. What would anyone tentatively suggested the follow after ten o'clock last night by the 19 year-old Essex champion by feel if at this moment Germany |
He expressed the hope that the Tetroraph. Copyright. celce Apring dates for the 1934 Tests in train. His purpose has not been two and one in the semi-finals.
Bourn reached the final by beat. was as powerfully armed as she amendment was not Germany's
last word. The Chiang Kai-shek divisions in ing Banks of Yorkshire by three was in 1914.
The fate of Europe would be re- the fighting lines at Nantlenmen and one, after he had knocked out
Mr. Arthur Henderson, Captain June 8, First Test at Noltingham-and Kupeikow have been, taken out Bentley, the holder of the French garded as most insecure. "The Eden and Herr Nadolny, Germany, great security of peace now is that will meet privately to-morrow to Germany is not armed and nut in try and solve the dificulties.- In position to go to war.
Reuter.
age Ordinanc^, 1874.
Shanghal, April 28. The Argyll and Sutherland
the won
annual
For his Enginnd-Australia fent, the International Aeronautical Federation in 1929 gave him its Hold medal, thus ranking him with such aviators ns Lindberg and Cobham. Io then built to his own design a small two engined amphi bian machine, but, falling to in- tereat people in it in England, took it to the United States. Highlandera There he had no better luck, for British Inter-Unit track and field he arrived in the midst of the big meet, with the East Lancashires alump.
placed second and the Small Units: third. The Highlanders were far superior in most of the events, winning no fewer that seven firsts in eleven events.-Reuter.
ATLANTIC FLIGHT, Going then to Canada, he bought Puss Moth aeroplane and in this accomplished one of the most re- markable feats in avlation.
Leaving New York he made a
non-stop night flight of 1,700 miles AIR-LINER FOUND
to Jamaica- record achievement.
Most of the way he flew practi-
cally blind, for he had no lighti
AFTER 3 DAYS
in his cabin and the moon, on which
he relied to illuminate his com-
pass, failed him frequently. From THREE OCCUPANTS
Jamaica he crossed the Caribbean
Sen in heavy rain squalls to 'Mara-i
caibo, Venezuela, and then went!
STILL ALIVE
London, Apr. 28. on via Trinidad to Port Natal, Brazil. After being much delay- A brief message from Naples] ed by the authorities he set out states that the wreckage of the in December, 1981 to cross the missing French alr-liner which | South Atlantic. The clouds were sent out distress signals on AprilĮ both dense and of unusual depth [25, bus boen found. and for 6 hours linkler flew only
Three of the occupants were
a few feet above the sea. Then found to be still alivo. rlaing he tried to get above the
NEW BILLIARDS
The machine wns, enrrying a clouds, but, this being impossible, eres of three and four passengers, drove on through them at 10,000 Including an American, when it ft. with a thunderaterm and terri- was caught in a storm over the Re lighting raging round him. Apenninca-Reuter, Novortholess he landed on the African coast within 10 miles of! his objective, Bathurst, British Gambin. He had covered about 2,000 miles in 22 hours and was the first man to fly the South At- Iantle from west to enst single- handed. The flight was also the first over made across the Atlanti In a light single-engined machine: In 1932, Hinkler was awarded; the Sograve Trophy, £1,000, for
valued at
CHAMPION
SHANGHAI TITLE
BY CHINESE
Shanghai, Apr. 28.
England.
June 22, Second Tent at Lords. July 6, Third Test at Leeds. July 20, Fourth Test at Oval. August 18, Fifth Test at Oyal to be played to a fluish--Reuter,
WEST INDIES IN SECOND DRAW
ALLOM PLAYS FOR REIGATE
Reigate, Apr. 28.
disclosed.
for a rest, other forces belonging and Lancashire championships, by to the Central Government having three and two.—Reuter, been placed in position. »
Chinese commanders on the front report that the whole Japanese force is now engaged in the as- sault on Nantienmen. The attacks commenced early yesterday morning and continued all day.
Heavy reinforcements have been sent by the Chinese to Nantlenmen and one full Chinese division ar-, rived this afternoon.-Reuter and Special.
FIGHTING CRAFT FOR CHINA
AIR PLANS GOING AHEAD
(Continued on Page 8.j
The whole trend of her poilcy
GERMANY'S DEMAND, and the trend of her mentality has {been to shock British opinion
London, Apr. 27. which after the war was un-
In the General Commission of doubtedly, in many ways, sym-the Disarmament Conference pathetic hith Germany.
Geneva this afternoon, German We felt that Germany, though amendments to the British draft defeated, was a great nation, great convention were presented declar- in science and music, and some of ing that the attainment of equality [the great men we honoured were not only Germans but also Jews. (Special to "Telograph")
ATTACK ON JEWS.
(Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphic der
"Suddenly there comes this at- Recairn. April
tack on the Jews showing that Shanghai, Apr. 28. Germany was not prepared to give. Mr. Wa To-chen, the Mayor of them oven tolerance. Greater Shanghai, has gone by "Our efforts after the war tend- train to Hangchow to make ared to create a peaceful feeling, rangements with tho Aviation but to-day the situation has tre Bureau there for the purchase of mondously twelve fighting planes with funde feeling in this country.
disappointed
A few
Washington, Apr. 28. realised from the membership months
The Senate adopted the whole of such the Farm Relief Bill, with the in- campaign of the Chinese National
as Sir Austen Chamberlain mado nation proposals, by 64 to 21. Aviation Association.
Up to date more than one mil-not have commanded the universal powers the President to reduce the
In the Commons recently, would The initation. amendment ent lion dollars has been collected. assent it did command. I asso- gold content of the dollar up to -Reuter,
In a one-day meeting Reigate for 9, Martin being-top scorer Priory and the West Indies tour-with 63 not out, and the Priory anges Ordinance, 2494. ing cricket team played a drawn replied with 117 før 9, Allom, the 29, nas woma match.
Surroy
50,- player compiling The West Indies declared at 193 Reuter.
FRANCO-AMERICAN TALKS
VALUABLE UNDERSTANDING ON PRINCIPAL ISSUES
Washington, Apr. 28.
A large measure of agreement
for the World Economic Con- ference.
TOKYO
is believed to have been reached
The subjects which were studied NEW LEGATION between M. Herriot and Mr. included the devolopment of com- Franklin Roosevelt regarding mercial policies with a view to pro- moting international trade and the the steps to be taken for con- possible methods of co-ordinating | batting
the world economic Central Bank policies, crisis.
The final joint statement on their talks, prior to the departure of M.
STATUS OF SILVER
M. Herriot and President Roose-
ago,
public
speech
STOP PRESS
clate myself with what he said fifty per cent., authorises the free and what the whole House, of Com. coinage of silver nt any ratio to Toons endorsed. We cannot make gold, the issue of three thousand AT concessions or hold out the hand million dollars of now currency to of poace continually unless that expand the credit through the gesture is to be reciprocated. Federal Reserve Banks by the Issue.
of three thousand million dollars' worth of United States Bonds, and
TO BE ESTABLISHED BY MANCHUKUO
Tokyo, Apr. 28.
CHANGE OF POLICY?...
"The present moment is not one to accept two hundred million dol at which wỡ can go on with the lars worth of silver on account of same policy we would have pur-war debts up to a rate of fifty cents ato in case of Herr Stresemann an ounce.Router
It is officially announced that and Doctor Bruening. We want
penco but it sooms to, mq wo bave
J. 5. Medina, the Portuguese Horriot for New York, says that velt also discussed... possible re- the most outstanding holder for the last two years of that conversations were aimed at medies for unemployment and busi- demonstration of the mossibilities the Shanghai Billiards Champlon-achieving the most complete under-ness stagnation, by the undertaking the Manchukuo is to establish of transport by land, air or water", ship, was defeated by the Chinese standing possible in regard to of important public works to be tagation in Tokyo, bolishing the come to the point when the Brit while in March, the International cue artist, Dr. T. Lee, Inat night common problems..
carried out by the governments. prosent representative office, -*
They also debíborated, upon pro*| The first Minister, Mr. Ting the League of Nations in standing Agronautical. Federation pronoun-in the dual of the 1933 champion-
ish Govornvient must rely upon
by publia anayoñants and filmtidsla
pilot during 1931.-Reutor,