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SCHNEIDER CUP.

Honour For Winning Pilot.

AIR COUNCIL LUNCHEON.

Webster Speaks In Favour of His Machine.

London, Yesterday. Flight Lieutenant Webster and other members of the British

AMERICAN FILMS.

Flooding Australian Market.

THE REASON WHY.

Interesting Views Of Various

Cinema Agents.

The American film seems to be e more productive troublemaker

MEXICAN REVOLT.

Many Arrests And Executions.

PRESIDENT ON WAR-PATH.

Determined To Annihilate Rebel Leaders.

Mexico City, Yesterday. Col. Manvanilla, commander

of

garrison and all members of his the 16th battalion at the Torreon staff have been executed.

President's Vow.

team which flew for the Schneider than any other amusement agency Cup were received by the Premier current In the world. Austrália, this morning and gave him first- having found that 95 per cent. of hand account of their flights, her cinema programmes are of

"As long as Serrano rnd Gomez Later they were entertained to luncheon by the Air Council. American origin, is holding a royal confined the presidential campaign Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for commission of inquiry into her to words, I was prepared to give Air who presided, announced that fim situation. The authority for them every guarantee and prom the King had approved the

their candidature, but now

they are bestowal of a bar of the Air Force this statement, Mr. G. A. Atkinson, have taken the field they Crass already held by Lt. Webster cinema expert for the London traitors whom the Government is in recognition of his winning the "Daily Express," also mentions determined to combat and annihil- Cup. Sir S. Hoare said they the "allegation amounting to fact ate," declares President Calies in are able to a manifesto vowing peremptorily to were there to offer a hearty wel- that American agents come and most sincere congratu-boycott British films in the Com-suppress the revolutionary move-

time of ment. lations to the team of British monwealth."

Rebels Disarmed, military pilots who had won the writing the Commission had not blue ribbon of the air and brought completed its work, but one accom

Pres. Calles admits that the back to England the trophy that plished result is that "the Victor troops mutinied not only in Mexico was covered by every great coun- Inn Government has promptly City but at Torreon-Coahuila. try of the world. The toast which accelerated and

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An attempted outbreak occurred he proposed was that of the win-operation its 'Censorship of Films at Vera Cruz, directed by Gomez, ning team, including not only the Act, which compels all exhibitors while Serrano's revoit Commanding Officer, Air Vice- in that State to show 2,000 feet

was only put down after a battle Marshal Scarlett, the winning of British film in every programme of three hours. All the rebel offi- pilot Webster and the pilots and including 1,000 feet manufactured technical officers who had some in Australia.” share in the enterprise, but all. those others who had helped to make success possible, including

Similar Problems.

Thus we see Australia dealing

cers were captured and soldiers equivalent to a battalion disarmed.

Reuter's American Service.

Further Arrests.

New York, Yesterday.

A despatch from Galveston states Mr. Atkinson that the Mexican Government has

the designers of the machines with the same problems that we and the men who worked upon have found agitating Great F tian' them. From start to finish the and Germany.

states Home work had been team work.

of the ground for ordered censorship both ways on all cable communications between Sir S. Hoare expressed thanks grievance: to the Italians for their splendid "Among the British films which, Mexico and the United States. Ac- hospitality and sportsmanship, it is alleged, have been wholly or cording to a rumour from Nogales, particularly to Mussolini and Gen- partially. Boycotted, or otherwise Arizona, 29 prominent citizens in eral Balbo, representatives of the commercially obstructed in Austra- Mexico City, including a dozen vigour and enterprise of new lia are Mons, Ypres, Arm-women, have been arrested on aj Italy.

ageddon," "Zeebrugge, 'Mademoi- charge of being implicated in a re- Faster Than Sound.

selle from Armentieres," 'Won-volt and possessing arms and am. After remarking upon the dif-derful London, and the Austral- munition. Ten of the women were ficult hairpin corners of the fan productions, Jewelled. Nights' released, the remainder of the_pri Schneider Cup course and upon and Moth of Moonbi,”

soners being held in custody.---Reu- the fact that the machines tra.

"There are many others, but it ter.. velled faster than their sound, the is the British war alms which

Rebels Executed. Minister summed up the advant-have suffered most.

of this kind

Mexico City, Yesterday. age that a success

"One agent admitted under conferred upon the victorious | cross-examination that, he had had General Serrano, one of the re- country. He said the race showed Zeebrugge in his possession for volutionary leaders, and 18 follow- in a conclusive manner the great nearly three years,, without show-ers were captured, court-martialled progress that had been made in the air during a very short space ing it, whereas he had given and executed.-Reuter's American

to the American Service. prompt release of time. A few years ago a speed naval comedy, 'We've in

Trains Not Running,· of 46 miles an hour was sufficient to win the Cup. This year the Navy Now."

"A second agent is concerned in The military authorities have or- two winning British machines reached more than six times that the production of the old convict dered the suspension of the train on the Mexican Inter- speed and the third British ma-story, 'For the Term of Ilis service

Australians Oceanic railways connecting Vera chine looked at one time as if. Natural Life, which with a little luck, it would have regard as a complete 'throw-down' Cruz and Mexico City. No reason is given for the order, by which all made even greater pace. Such of the Commonwealth.

"It is suggested that this alleged branch lines of the two railways are an achievement as this was a crushing answer to the critics patriotic film which was made under affected; but it is rumoured that who with their heads in the sand, American technical control, was uprisings occurred at several places. The Federal Garrison have left refused to belleve there was any produced with sinister Intent.

"Another. agent is alleged to their barracks for an unknown des progress in the air. The design-

record price for tination.--Reuter's American/ Ser ers had gained another victory have paid a over nature by increasing the Mons, and to have kept it off vice. strength and yet reducing the the market in favour of "The Big weight of their engines and ma- Parade.'

the

:

Vera Cruz, Yesterday,

chines. Pilots had shown that "There is clinching evidence of a young Englishmen, well trained in successful conspiracy to keep Bri- tually get an exhibition of a semi-

Alms out of Melbourne private nature in Geelong." 2.30 p.m. body and mind, hard as nails and tish war.

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-"'Yprea'. feats of skill and endurance that

was offered to the British flims go to Canada: but, former generations would never people who control film affairs in according to Mr. Atkinson, the American cloven-foot enters into have imagined possible. These Melbourne, but was rejected."

the process also: "The distributor then offered to young men were typical of the service in which they were off allow the film to be shown in any "Practically all British films, cers. It was they and others like Melbourne, theatre, free of hiring even the worst, get a showing of them who in the space of a few charge, as a test of its drawing some kind in Canada, and the few years had built a great tradition power.

good ones sweep the Dominion.

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and given the British Air Force "This offer was also rejected, on "That happy state of things is its unrivalled position in the the pretext that Ypres did not not due to the British film-produc 1.30 pm world.

ahow sufficient Australian soldiers, er, who never vielts Canada, has no Not Individual Victory. nor contain sufficient Australian direct agencies in the Dominion, and never advertises In the Cana-

the Can Acknowledging the honour con- matter.

dian ferred upon him, Lt. Webster "The excuse was ingenious, be- press. made a modest little speech. He cause Ypres as an official War They also buy, In many In- declared it was not an individual film, could not be modifled without stances, the American rights, but victory. He happened to be the permission of the War Office, they do not show the British films pilot who was given the fastest "The witness in this matter des-in America. machine. He added: "I was sorry cribed Australia as the second What they pay for American when we came back from Italy worst place in the whole world for rights they recoup on Canadian ex- 8.30pm we had to leave behind such good showing British films on hibitions w fellows as our mechanics. The distributor then took would have liked them to be with Ypres to New Zealand, where, like less scandalous than the state of us at Croydon when we arrived Zeebrugge and other British war

things in Australia. He also paid a tribute to the alms, it has been extremely success. If British film producers had sportsmanship of the Italians, ful

any self-respect they would not part particularly their pilots.British

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