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The 25,000 excited spectators who saw Wimbledon bring the Daily Mail National Speedway Trophy to London for the first time since 1932 by beating Wembley 123 to 92 on the aggregate at Wimbledon recently did not know what a big part an injured rider played in the home team's success.
EMPIRE BOY OF 17 DRINKS
POISON IN TAXI
NEWS
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Sydney.
Applications for entry into, the
Royal Australian Air Force are pl ing stations all over the Common-
ready beginning to pour into recruit-
wealth. They are in reply to the demand for 000 men under the accelerated defence progrsiame.
The men accepted will serve as Alters,
turners, siewards, cooks, photographers, wireless operators,
and instrument-makers,
In Sydney alone, inore than 100 applications a
are re-
ON WAY TO 'YARD'
A
YOUTH of 17 who drank poison during a five-minute taxi ride between Waterloo Road, S.E., and Scotland Yard recently, was last night identified as Brian Sidney Wilkins. of College Avenue, Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
Wilkins lived at College Avenue with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Cecil.
His father and mother live at Sevenoaks, Kent. He was employed in the research department of a firm at Wealdstone, Middlesex,
For months Eric Collins, of Wimbledon, has been handicapped by slow machines. In desperation he sought ceived. Applicants are being exam-Flynn of Prospect Terrace, Gray's who had motored to London from the help of Bill Rogers, the Australian Test star, and one of the greatest rider-mechanics in the game.
Rogers was in bed with a, for of this 18-years-old English boy. of Imperial Airways, has just com-roadway dutching a small medicine! day. Woking over-slept on the follow-
broken leg, but he willingly gave his advice, some of the parts of Collins's machine actually being assembled in the sick room.
A few hours later Colling raced round Wimbledon in dare. devil fashion, to give the best display of his career.
the top
With 15 po nts he was scorer on either side,
FOUR AT ONCE
Wimbledon were
zu confident of sucea that the tem allowed them-
ing morning and was late for work.
te did not go bente on Monday night and Mrs. Cecil reported his absence to the police.
Intending to study for his B.Sc. technical night school. degree he should have attended a
When the taxi-driver, Mr. Henry, had gone out the young man's father,
Ined at the rate of 30 a day,
Inn Road, W.C., opened the door of Sevenoaks, Kent, Identified his son, Round Australia by Alf—Mr. A. hils cab in the quadrangle at the E. Rudder, Australian representative "Yard," Wilkins fell dead into the
Returning to arrow Weald from a visit to his parents on a recent Sun- Frank Charles, doyen of English pleted 7,000-mile Aight around. He was
leading gliding expert, and Australia in eight days, only six of gloss is his hand, und marks on his riders, a one-time music hali star, rode which were actually spent in the air. lips showed that he had swallowed briliantly for Wembley, as did Vane flew from Sydney to Darwin by some seld-ke liquid only a few
the first work Empre dying boat, from Darwin 10 minutes previously.
Perth by the Macktobertson Miller Rerults of the post-mortem CX- service, and from Perth to Sydney,lamination and
Melbourne and Adelaide by plass and a small bottle made in an analysis of the Vin Australian National Airways. Air Westminster Hospital recently, will lines are already being besieged with be forwarded to the Westminster inquires about this ir.p, which at
Nothing was found in Wilkins' pos- present costs about £80," South Africa
session by which the police could Identify him, and is description-- rather freckled black hair, wearing brown sports jacket and grey fan- nel trousers, fawn mackintosh, no |bat-was circulated to all London
police.
ONLY TWO SIXPENCES The only money he had was two six neners.
Twelve hours after the description
Prani, who wan championship in 1936.
Eric Gregory. 6ft. 3. son of a Barnsley clergyman and an officer in the Territorial Army, and Wally KIL mister, the only New Zealand rider in the game, eirned their rounds of applause, too, to one of the greates notches speedway racing has
known.
RATEPAYERS' FIGHT
Nearly 2,000 delegates from All Felves to be photographed with the parts of the country will attend a trophy before the match began.
Last night's victory gave Winble-national conference of a ratepayers don their first big speedway prize minee speedway racing started 1920.
In
The match provided thrills in plenty. Feet, and even mehes, separated opponents in the finish.
Both sm fought for all they were worth from start to Ons, and the big crowd was roaring encour- agement throughout.
The eighth heat provided a Bensation. As the tapes flew up four riders tore into the bend with handle-bars seemingly locked together.
Pymar, of Wimbledon, forced him- self to the front, then his machine Ket out of
swerved Control and broadside on to the other riders.
aociations at Brighton on October 18, when regulations will be put pro testing against rising rates and debt increases.
MINISTER ON CIVIL AIR DEVELOPMENT
Cape Town. In a broadcast talk from Durban, Mr. Pirow, Minister of Defence, said he looked forward to a day, not
more than 1 years hence, when at least one Imperial Airways nying bout would leave Durban every day on its two-day fight to Southamp-
store than 50 ratepayers of Rich- nond, Yorkshire--where household-ton, ers for many weeks have been cam- Mr. Pirow added that he also look- reassessments-w.ll appear paigning against high rates and ed forward to there being in the the same time an internal dally air ser- Richmond Horough Court summoned vice which would carry mail and for non-payment of rate arrears. possibly passengers to every village In the Union which to-duy had a post oflce.
in
At present Imperial Airways ny- ing-boats arrive at Durban twice a week and leave twice a week.
AWARDED SCOUTS V.C. Eighteen-years-old Harold Bell, of the 4th Newestle Troop of Bay Scouts, was recently awarded the Cornwall Decuration, the V.C. of the Waal, Director Millary Operations Army Chief's VisitCol. P. de Scout movement, "for his bravery in and Intelligence, is leaving by air facing a grave illness with cheer-
Two avoided him by wild swerves, fulness and great courage during the for Singapore, where he will spend
but a team-mate, Kaufman, crushed Into Pymar and mony machines crashed with the riders underneath. Both men drasted themselves free, and Kaufman insisted on seen the match through though injuring a tex
In another race Van Praag, the Wembley captain, and Collins rode round wheel to wheel for the whole four laps, bumping "boring" each other with cheerful impartiality, while another inches separated Lloyd, Kaufman, and WJk in that order as they flashed post the post.
IDOL OF THE CROWD
Wilbur Lamoreaus, known as the "Flying Frenchman" in his native Californih, was the idol of the crowd. This colourful little American look
chances that set the spectators gasp Ing. Ano her Wimbledon rider, Wally Lloyd, » "veteran"
of 25 actually captained the kague team nine years to us a 16-year-old.
Lloyd and Groff Pymar, son of Norfolk farmer, were the
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heroes of the women In particu-
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every effort of theirs being
applause.
greeted with special femline
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last five years. Ite has been bed- ridden for the past two and a half years and in great pain most of the
me
REMORSE ARRESTED HER
A mother's remore after abandon- ing her baby caused her to write a letter to a children's home to an i her child were there and led to her arrest.
Ann Isteed, aged 23, of no ixed abode, was recently remanded in custody for a week at East Ham Ponce Court charged with abandon
ng, her baby girl.
'DADDY GASSED HIMSELF'
He w. then proceed to England on fortnight studying the fortifications.
an offle.nl visit.
India
INCREASED SUGAR
PRODUCTION
Calcutta. Ten years ago the bulk of the sugar produced in India came from; Java. Now, home production ceeds consumption.
ex-
is due to remarkable expansion of It is officially stated that this fact) the industry in India, aided by pre-] tective legislation.
cornner.
Before he left school about ten weeks ago he passed his matricula- have moved to London in order to tion and his parents were shortly to be near him.
A hour sald "Brinn was a genlus, very quiet and studious and as far as we know had no friends.
Girl
"He kept very much to himself and seemed to be engrossed in his job. He often spoke of the time he hoped to pass his examinations and climb to the top of his fession."
pro-
Left Fiance In Room
Full Of Gas
near
Nineteen-years-old Iris Manktelow, of Cliff, Rochester, arranged to meet her fiance, William Foulds, aged 31, a seaplane works fitter, of High-street. Rochester.
He did not keep the appointment, so she went to his lodgings. There she found him lying on the bed, with the windows closed and the gas tap turned on.
She turned off the gas, opened | the window, and threw cold water on his face.
Then she reclosed the window and turned on the gas again be- cause she "did not want any- thing to do with it," and was afraid she might be suspected of something."
Nepal Concessions.—The wholesale The Rochester coroner, Mr. R. 3. remission of Government loans to M. Stedman, told her at the inquest| repair the havor of the earthquake of January,
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
New York, Oct. 20. New York Colton
Opening Closing
December Jan. (1930)
the East Lumenshire coroner recently popular beuchts annoured by the foolishly.
A 13-years-old girl was praised by
1030, was among the Foulds recently: You acted very at the inquest on her father, Willam Gaskell, Colne.
aged 40, of Varley-street, Maharaja Premier of Nepal in the
He read a letter written by Foulds course of celebrations held in Khat Violei Doreen Gaskell said that on
Mankelow, in which he Spat mandu on the occasion of the sixth to Mon
said; Saturday night her father mad, “junniversary of his necession.
don't want to Bve any longer. I am Jamaica Hong to gas myself."
Herbert Wol, her uncle, sald PASSAGES IN GERMAN Doreen went to Foulridge for him, and when they got back she went
SHIP CANCELLED
Another star of the evening was to the house and screamed, "My Macom Craven, of Wembley. The daddy is dead. He has gassed him- greates, discovery of recent years, his seir." club have refused an offer of £1,500! A verdict of Suicide while not
a world record fee-for the trans- sound mud was returned,
Mrs. Bradman Joins Don,
Says Live Here? Never'
Plymouth.
Three Test wives-gay and light-hearted despite being roused from their cabins at five in the morning to disembark from the P. and O, liner Strathmore-stood chatting eagerly among themselves and waving last good-byes to a host of friends in dressing-gowns.
of
Kingston. Several Jamaica students, attend- Ing schools and colleges In England, who had booked to sail recently in
a German steamer chartered by the) Jamalea Banana Producers Steam-1
I just can't go on knowing my own rottenness. If I could only be more of a man and less of a rat I would fight this feeling, but I am too big a coward. Re- nemb:r you are not to blame your:if for this; il Is all my own doing Godbye, good luck, and God bless you.
It was stated that Foulds
chio Company, left the ship just be frequently depressed. fore she sailed because of the political situation in Europe.
8,31/31
8.25/25
8.41/42 8.34 N
March 1939)
8.19/20
8.31/32
May (1039)
B1.00/00
8.13/14
July (1030) Oct. (1939)
7.87/87
7.09/05
7.03/02
7.00/70
0.70 Nom.
December March
16.85 N
10.07/07
May
Sept.
New York Rubber
10.30/20
16.80/02
10,00/92 10 80/00
16.01 N Sales for the day:-1,030 tons.
Chicago Wheat
Dec. May July
6455/6431 65%/05% 0036/00% 07/07
07/607%
Wednesday's Sales:-
W15
Dec.
A verdlet of suicide while the May
The students have now booked Balance of his Mind was Disturbed July passages in a British steamer salling was returned. on Monday.
Mauritius
DOCK STRIKE ENDS
Port Louis.
Ort,
Dec.
May
Blind Boy Scout
Minneapolis. Loula Henderson, 14, refused to let
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444/4434 46/40% 48/48
49%/497% 30%/50%
Winnipeg Wheat
006/009% G14/01 00%/60% 007%/01 04/014
Child Job Seeker
The dockers' strike, which had
Chico, Cal been in progress for two weeks, blindness #top him from becoming a
Desire to buy a present for her ended recently. The town has re-first class Boy Scout. He now dis-mall brother prompted Dorothy turned to normal conditions,
plays his badge. The map makina Ruvgell, 8, to book for a job. She The strike, which was for thorter test nearly stumped Louis, but he spent the entire day in fruitless
Then they turned to go down the gangway to the waiting hours and higher pay, was declared rigged up a compass he could read | rearch. "Everybody's too hard up."
tender, and the laughter faded from their eyes.
it was a first von
What could so change the, bus, breadian has been in England mood of Mrs. Don Bradman, before-when her husband was ill on Mrs. Stanley McCabe, and Mrs, the last four-but for her companions Fleetwood-Smith, the wives of "WHAT, LIVE HERE?" the Australian cricketers, the "We have bee
been very excited at the moment they were preparing to prospect of seeing England at last,
said Mrs. M. Fieetwood-Smist,
Usan à
step ashore on a bright, clear though now, I am afraid, it will be morning. on which England less
fortnight's visit. Or looked particularly welcoming? course, we could have had another Yes, you have guessed it. The week by getting off at Marseilles, but host of well-wishers awaiting them al reminded them of their tribulation---· Then she added that that would The Australian Ioord nf Cricket have meant arriving before the last Control,
match was completed, und tho Board's decision was that no wives must land in England until the tour was over.
Any word they now sald might be Interpreted as an indiscretion by the board that to recently relented from the rule to separate cricketing Rus- bands and wives.
Someone did ask Mrs. Bradman what she thought of the board's a titude.
ffer answer was to find the wind suddenly very cold. She wrapped two large travelling coats about her. so Dat het trim green suit was all but hidden.
Mrs.
McCabe and Mrs. Fleetwood- Smith-Mr. McCabe also in green and very clim and young-exchanged knowing glances, but not words.
A friend frappily answered for them, saying, "Don't ask a07 them, or All Test cricketers' wives
-will be banned for over after.”
offers
In
Mrs. Bradman's dark eyes lost her defensive look when Don was dis- cussed. She does not know what have uten made to him to stay England, or what he has sald, but she knows what her answer will be, "What, live in England?" sli queried. "Never, it is much too cold. If this is the summer, good- ness knows what the winter is like," and she gave anotlier pull to gather the two overcoats closely round her, "Don would have come to meet ma but for his injured leg." Mrs. Bend- man went on. "But to save him the Journey we have arranged to meet in London to-night."
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