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“LEFT," "RIGHT.”

THE “ITALIA."

Shipping Conference's Complete Account of the

Approval.

INTERESTING CHANGE.

Words "Port" and "Starboard" to Be Substituted by "Left" and

"Right.".

London, Yesterday,

Disaster.

THRILLING STORY.

General Nobile Tells of the Airship's Plight.

Rome, Yesterday,

The first complete account of the

TURNS TURTLE:

Danish Airmen's Disaster.

TRAGIC AFFAIR.

Fall Over Densely - Populated Streets: Bodies Unrecognisable.

Copenhagen, Yesterday.

A naval monoplane with a pilot]

The International Shipping disaster to the "Italia" has been and two cadets, turned turtle in ovor densely populated Conference, attended by fourteen recoived by wireless by the "Citta niid-air

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of the leading maritime nations, de Milans," which has re-establish-streets. under the Presidency of Sired perfect communleation with tire The occupants fell out without William Seager, President of the "Italia" The message gives the parachutes at a belght of 500 feet. Chamber of Shipping, has approv-position of General Nobile's party led the recommendation of the on the evening of June 12 as Lat.

International Collision's Com-

mittee that the words "port" and 80.88 North Loag 26.55 East.

Hit Pack-Ice. "starboard" be substituted by "left" and "right" or their ordin-

One crashed into the street and the others on roof-tops.

The bodies were unrecognisable. The 'plane, after razing chimneys Generul Nobile states that at and troca, crashed, with the engine'

ary national equivalents. Reu-10.30 am. on May 25 they were fy-still running, into a children's play- ing smoothly at, an attitude of 500 ground which had just been vacat- ter.

metres when suddenly they became ed owing to a heavy shower.-Reu- heavy and descended rapidly. They ter.

within hit the lee-pack

two minutes, and the cabin and part of

LAICHEES.

WHY A HAWKER SAID HE WAS the upper steelwork broke away.

ARRESTED.

CONSTABLE'S POST. Chinese constable, C364, this morning, charged a Chinese before Mr. R. E. Lindsel!, at the Central Magistracy, with hawking latchees without a licence, at the corner of Eastern-street and Des Voeux-road yesterday afternoon.

The defendant, while admitting that he did not have a licence, alleg ed that the constable arrested him "because he refused to give him some lalehes."

BIG FIGHTS.

The airship herself carried east- wards. The occupants of the cabin CAPTAIN COURTNEY'S LATEST which was smashed miraculously escaped with their lives.

General Nobile adds that only a minute after the crash he and

VENTURE.

Pisa, Yesterday. The British airman, Captain Courtney, accompanied by an en-

his comrades. shouted passionately gineer, a wireless operator and a "Long live Italy." The bulk of the cabin equipment is intact,

the

passenger, has departed for Lisbon on the Arst stage of a two-way Trans-Atlantic flight aboard

a

The report continues, on evening of May 30, Commandants "Dornier Napier" flying boat.

The machine is equipped with a Mariano and Zappi and the Swedish selentist Malmgren started from wireless direction finder and a com of Foyn plete receiving and transmitting ap- seven miles north-east Island to North Cape, taking food paratus. Captain Courtney will of supplies. They expected to pro-proceed via the Azores and return directly from Canada to England ceed six miles a day.

Inspector Clark, in charge No. 7 Police Station, told the Magistrate that there might be General Nobile's party consista non-stop,

"Princess Xenia" Experiences something in the accused's allega- of the Czecho-Slovak scientist,

Engine Trouble. tion, as the constable's post was at Behounek, the Naval Lieutenant,

Bushire, Yesterday." the corner of Wilmer-street and Viglieri, the engineer, Trojani, the

The "Princess Xenia," in which Des Voax-road, and he had gone chief technician. Ceciuni, and the

Capt. C. D. Barnard and Flying some 300 yards out of his post to wireless operator, Bingi. arrest the accused..

The remainder of the crew with Officer E. H. Elliott, with the Replying to the Magistrate, the the airship are believed to have Duchess of Bedford as passenger, least three are flying to India, arrived here constable admitted that he had provisions for at

They took off this yesterday. been away from his post, but ex-months, and also complete equip morning, but returned immediate- plained that he went to the corner ment.

of Eastern-street for some refresh- ments, and arrested the accused while there.

The Magistrate discharged the accused, and ordered the constable to be placed on report for leaving his post,

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Injured Men.

ly owing to serious engine trouble.

It is not known how long they will General Nobile's party includes be delayed-Reuter. two injured men, of whom one is while the already convalescent, other is injured in the leg beneath the knee but will recover shortly. ter. The ice where Nobile's party are la somewhat hummocky, but lanes are

HE MET A MAN" sometimes appearing."

ANCIENT EXCUSE GIVEN IN

OPIUM HAUL CASE.

A LOT OF MONEY."

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Of To The Rescue.

Pisa, Yesterday. A big Dornier-Wal seaplane has left here, bound for Spitzbergen to rescue the Italia's crew-Reuter.

Amundsen's Efforts.

Oslo, Yesterday.

Arrives at Lisbon.

Lisbon, Yesterday. Courtney has arrived here.-Reu-

"Sight."

A British Wireless message, of yesterday's date says:

A message from Bushire states that slight engine trouble is pre- venting the aeroplane "Princess Xenia," in which the Duchess of Bedford and Captain Barnard are fying to India from resuming the flight to Karachi. It is feared that the fliers will not be able to leave Bushire to-day.

In Connaught-road West yesterday Amundsen hás abandoned the afternoon, a Chinese, who was plan for organising an expedition charged by Revenue Officer Ward to the "Italia" as his American TELL NO TALES."

this morning fined $100 or frionds only desired to take such six weeks' jail by Mr. R. E. Lind-steps if requested by a Govern- sell, at the Central Magistracy.

ment,

Amundsen declared that more

The same officer charged an- other man with the unlawful pos- progress was now being made in session of 20 taels of illicit opium the preparation of relief expedi-] In Connaught-road Central.

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Sydney, Yesterday: tions. It would be lamentable If. The well-known Trade Unionist, The accused said that he met the work were not taken in hand; "Jock" Garden, has been arrested

man and the latter gave him a parcel to carry, promising to give him $1 or $2 for his trouble. As

immediately. Reuter.

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to

under the State Crimes" Act on Drifting On Ice.. charge of wilfully inciting

King's Bay, Yesterday, murder. This is the result of a General Nobile is drifting to the speech relating to the marine cooks' he was poor, he accepted the job. north-west on ice. It is not yet strike. He claimed, however, that he did

Inossible to establish contact with Garden is alleged to have said not know that the packat contained those who drifted with the "Italia" "If scab cooks man the vessels, our opíum.

ond their fate is unknown.

tactics may change. We may The Magistrate remarked that The steamer "Braganza" reports supply union men, even though the fact that he was offered such a much difficulty to get eastwarde small parcel should have led him owing to the pack ice to the east not be good sailors, and they will there are scabs aboard. Scabs will to suspect that he was required to of North Cape. carry contraband.

Accused was fined $1,000 or 4 months'. hard labour.

The opium was ordered to confiscated.

SNATCHING.

THIEF GETS SIX MONTHS' AND THE-BIRCH

Polar Bears!

have to go to the railings occasion- Lieut. Luetzow Holm and his ally. They may lose their balance, mechanic, when held up at Brandy in which case the sea is deep, and be Bay recently, were visited by polar, dead men tell no tales."-Reuter.

beara, apparently attracted by the smell of their roin-deer skin and sleeping-bags and the airmen, were compelled to watch all night long against, the bears. Reuter.

When A young Chinese was charged at the Central Magistracy this morning, with snatching...anj {[ear-ring" from ja Chinese woman yesterday, he said that he commit- ted the theft because he was hungry, having gone "without ten meals on a stretch."

BRITISH TRADE.

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¿MARQUIS' OF LINCOLNSHIRE PASSES AWAY.

London, Yesterday, The death is announced of the Marquis of Lincolnshire at the aga of 85, Reuter-V

[The late Marquis (Charles Robert Wynn Carrington, K.G., London, Yesterday, P.C., G.C.M.G.) had distinguish- The Board of trade returns for ed career,, both at home and in May show imports of £99,411,920 the colonies. He was Governor of sterling, being an Increase o of New South Wales for five years, was not an excuse for robbing a 2,616,683, on April, and exports from 1885 to 1890 Returning to woman BOR

** of 258,654,476, an increase of England, he became Lord Cham-

The Magistrata said that that

The polleo, who stated that the 3,286,008-Reuter, woman's ear was not Injured, did'

not kayo anything against the ac-

cused on their records, E.

Sentence of six months' hard labour and 12 strokes of the birch.

·was, passed..

berlain of the Household, and later President of the Board of Agriculture from 1905 to 1911, TODAY'S D LAR when the office of Lord Privy Seal was bestowed upon him. He The clearing rate of the dollar had been Lord Lieutenant of on demand, to-day was 2/0 7/16. Buckinghamshire since 1916,]

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