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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1928.
ENGLAND'S BRILLIANT PROF. MALMGREN'S
SUMMER:
87 DEGREES. HEAT.
DEATH.
GRAPHIC STORY.
LONDON ENJOYS 13 1/2 HOURS INSISTS ON COMRADES DIGGING
OF SUNSHINE.
COLLISION IN CHANNEL.
London, Yesterday.
HIS GRAVE..
LURID DETAILS.
DR. GRENFELL OF LABRADOR.
GREAT MISSIONARY.
H. M. THE KING CONFERS C. M. G.
`MAN OF “MANY PARTS.”
Moscow, Yesterday.
London, Yesterday, The spell of brilliant weather
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, well- Zappi, who was rescued by the continues over England, the un-"Krassin" at the same time as Labrador and Newfoundland, was known for his missionary work in usual shade temperature of 87 degrees being reached in some Mariano, recounting his experi- received by H.M. the King at
ences, said that everybody in the Buckingham Palace yesterday. places.
Yesterday London experienced gondola of the "Italia" was jarred His Majesty conferred upon 13 hours of sunshine.
when she struck the ice. Zappi him the honour of Knight Com-
to lie up Heat and fog in the Channel himself had
for three mander of Saint Michael and German caused the
steamer days.
Saint George, "Augsburg" of 7,000 tons to col- Then he, Mariano and Malmgren, { Grenfell has spent twenty-five lide with the Italian steamer the latter handicapped by a broken years in ministering to seamen "Morigola," seven miles south-wrist, started to walk to land. and other inhabitants in wild west of Dover,
Malmgren progressed painfully for Labrador, where he was qualified, The "Augsburg" afterwards two weeks, but then "gave up and to act, as occasion demanded, as collided with the wall of Dover had to be left."
missionary, surgeon, master harbour, doing much damage and The two Italians fought on till mariner and magistrate-British is now aground on Chalk Rock, they were stranded by huge hum-Wireless Service, east of the port with her bows mocks, ice-blocks and open leads. smashed in.-British Naval Wire- less.
CRUSHED.
SPANISH AGITATORS AND A TUNNEL.
MADRID INTERVIEW.
Their food gave out after three days and Mariano's leg froze: after that they were without food for ten days and had given up hopes when the sight of Tchucknovsky's aero- plane revived them.
THE NEW RIFLE.
WON PRIZE IN OPEN COMPETITION.
FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT
The next day Mariano was lying down when they heard the siren
London, Yesterday. and saw the smoke of the "Kras The new self-loading rifle, sin."
They could hardly believe capable of firing 35 rounds per their eyes as they were not aware minute, has won the prize of that expeditions were seeking for £3,000 offered in a competition by
the British Government.
Later.
Madrid, Saturday. General Primo de Rivera, inter- them.
Zappi la now well, but Mariano' viewed on his return to the capital,
The rifle was invented by Gen- admitted that amall groups had 1s seriously ill.
eral John T. Thompson, a United tried to stir up trouble in the
States officer and head of the neighbourhoods of Barcelona,
Auto-Ordinance Corporation of Details of Malmgren's terrible New York in collaboration with Valencia and elsewhere in connec-but heroic end have been wireless- B.S.A. Guns, Birmingham. It has tion with the inauguration of a new ed from the "Krassin" by Mariano a range of 1,000 yards. Franco Spanish Trans-Pyenaan and. Zappi. tunnel, but the agitators ivere Malmgren decided on May 80 to cartridges and no bolt pulling is The magazine holds up to 20 speedily crushed and the ring try to reach Cape North as the necessary to eject the spent car leaders taken into, custody. The Nobile party's radio was not then tridge or lift the new into post- whole business, he declared, was able to transmit. They took a tion-Reuter..
finished. Reuter.
AIRMEN TO AID.
RESCUES ANOTHER FLIER FROM ISLAND.
NO WAR PACT,
FORECAST OF JAPAN'S REPLY.
Tokyo, Saturday.
It is officially stated that Japan's
month's supplies. Malmgren's pluck is instanced at the start, for although his arm was fractured ka managed to kill a bear. Thereafter the trio experienced appalling privations. The floating ice con- stantly carried them from their King's Bay, Sora, Saturday. course. Malmgren on June 16, un- The Dutchman, Van Dongen, has able to continue, implored the reached here by aeroplane and re- others to carry on, take his com- reply to the American non-war.pro- ports he was rescued from Foyn pass, all his food and dig him posal will be presented to the Island by Swedish airmen Reuter. grave in which he laid down to American Embassy some time next
week. Zappi and Mariano, 24 hours Inter, were only able to cover 100 virtually a blanket approval with, yards.
| maybe, suggestions of some minor They saw Malmgren raise his changes in phraseology-Router.
LOCAL MOTOR SHIP.
PURCHASED BY ALCOHOL CORPORATION.
BUILT AT TAIKOO.
die.
head from the grave and while they waited he shouted "go; you will be able to save others at the price of my life."
It is also understood that it is
SUDDEN END.
· FINISH OF FLIGHT TO MEXICO.
AVIATOR'S BODY FOUND.
Mount Holly (N. J.) Saturday. The body of Captain Emilio Carranza, the Mexican flying ace who started on a non-stop flight| from Roosevelt Field to Mexico
Manila, July 11, "They proceeded till a mile from The motorship "Milagros," a Broch Island.. new addition to the interisland Mariano was icc-blind on alx oc- shipping service, is arriving from casions. Hong Kong to-day after having Aeroplanes passed but did not successfully completed her trial apot them till Tchuckhnovski suc- trips there. The new vessel is the ceeded. property of the Philippine Motor The report that the "Malyguín": Alcohol Corporation, and will be has rescued Amundsen and used to carry alcohol from the Guilbaud is baseless, company's mill in Negros to A wireless message from the ice- City and back has been found in a Manila. Carlos Palanca, wealthy breaker. "Krassin" reports that Wood-Renter's American Service. Chinese merchant, owns the owing to dense fog she must pro- majority stock in the Philippine ceed very carefully in the search Motor Alcohol Corporation. for the Alessandri party.
The "Milagros" is a single-
HOPE OF AMUNDSEN? screw steel vessel, 120 feet long, 24 feet wide and with a depth of 8 This party consists of the seven feet by 6 inches.. The vessel members who were carried away is fitted with a Fairbanks-Morse with the balloon portion of the Marine Diesel engine of 180 horse "Italia" and it is feared that they power. The Fairbanka-Morse may have perished by fire. If they engine was chosen by Mr. are still alive, it is thought that Scores
were brought to the Palanca because of a number of Amundsen may possibly be with surface unconscious, special features that make it them.
Six are missing and are not ex- peculiarly fitted for interisland if the "Krassin" is unable to pected to be found alive-Reuter. service.
proceed, she will return for the Soviet airman Tchucknovsky, who is
well.
SAD DISASTER.
EXPLOSION IN A DUTCH MINE.
Amsterdam, Saturday. Four miners were killed in an explosion at Hendrik Mine at Heerlen, Maatstricht.
Another Ship. The "Milagros" was construct-stranded near Platen Island with less, and eventually three were kill- ed in the Taikoo Dockyard and a damaged machine. She will then ed in order to feed the others.
They reached Foyn Island after] Engineering Company of Hong send him out on a search fight being nearly swallowed up in Kong. Smith, Bell and Company Tehucknovsky is reported to be
crevasses. Their provisions were are their agents in this city.
exhausted, but as they were unwill-i Negotiations for the purchase SORA AND VAN DONGEN. | Ing to sacrifice the box of eggs they of a ship in Hong Kong by
Rome, Yesterday, killed two more dogs for food. Esteban de la Rama, Boilo million-|
The "Tribuna's" correspondent Bears approached but the surviv aire, are progressing rapidly, it aboard the "Citta di Milano" says ing dogs kept them off. was learned yesterday at the that Sora and van Dongen were offices of Aguinaldo and Com-first discovered by the "Krasafn" pany, agents in this city for the and then taken aboard by Finnish a wireless message that the The "Citta di Milano” has sent De la: Rama shipping firm. The and Swedish aeroplanes near Foyn "Braganza" was ten miles west of ship is relatively new, compared Island.
Cape Wrede at 2 a.m. yesterday
DELAYED BY FOG
to many vessels plying in Philip Sors relates that they had been morning and had sent out a light pine waters, having been con- walking towards Capt. Bruan as mak hauled sledge towards structed in 1918 in Scotland. She they thought Nobile was still near Tchucknovsky as ice conditions is of a steel structure, with 1,478 Foyn Island, gross tona. In fair weather she is
were good,
capable of making 18 Imots an They proceeded to Broch Taland The Krassin, while returning hour. She has accommodations with a sledge and nine dogs, carry to near Brock Island for a guide for 96 first-class passengers and my provisions and a small box of whom Sora left on the coast as he 42 second-class passengers. The eggs for the party led by Lieut. was unable to proceed, was joined whole hitch in the transaction now Vigliert. However, only five kilo by a patrol of Alpine chasseurs is said to be in the purchase price, matres a day was possible owing to who started simultaneously with which is said to oscillate around pack, les difßcullies. Provisions Sora but on different route. the P210,000 mark.
grew scarce and the dogs more Test. Eeu
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