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LOST IN FOG

NAVAL AEROPLANES ESCAPE FROM DANGER

EXCELLENT LANDING

London, Yesterday,

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929.

SHEARER SCANDAL INQUIRY

"SECRET" DOCUMENT

ATTEMPT TO IMPLICATE GREAT

BRITAIN

MINISTER IN JAIL

FAILWAY CHIEF FACES BRIBERY CHARGE

NO BAIL ALLOWED

Tokyo, Yesterday Mr. Heikichi Ogawa, Minister of Railways in the late Tanaka

Five naval aeroplanes were lost in a fog that enveloped Moray Firth to-day. They were carry- ing out manoeuvres when the fax descended suddenly. An- xiety was felt, as their supply The promise of a British "secret" eial corruption, and acceptance of of petrol gave them a flight-document, which Shearer secured bribes. It is expected he will be range of only two and half hours at Geneva has reawakened interest imprisoned to-night without the They landed safely in a field in the Senate's enquiry. It will be option of bail near Buckie, however. Each plane forthcoming on Monday, when The indictment followed a two- made an excellent landing, which Shearer enters the witness box. hour, search of Mr. Ogawa's home involved a considerable feat of It is understood that the docu-by the Preliminary Judge and Fro- piloting in view of the restricted ment is A letter from a mem-curator of the Tokyo District Court. space-British Wireless Service.

ber of the British Government to Reuter. Mr. Lloyd George, dated June 1928, suggesting a ecalition of the "United States" of Europe against the United States of America.-- Reuter's American Service.

LLOYD GEORGE DRAGGED IN Cabinet, and Baron Tanaka's chief

political lieutenant has been formal- New York, Yesterday. ly indicted and charged with offi-

TILBURY DOCKS

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London, Yesterday. A new 1,000 feet long entrance lock and other Port of London authority improvements at Tilbury Docks, including a new dry dock and additional quays were open- ed to-day by Lady Ritchie of Dundee aboard the Orient liner "Oronsay" The approximate cost of the work was £2,560,000.—Reu- ter.

EYE RADIOED

SPECIALIST IN BUENOS AIRES AND BERLIN CONFER

DISEASE INCURABLE

Berlin, Yesterday..

1

[An earlier message stated: Mr. Clinton L. Bardo, Vice-President of the New York Shipbuilding Corpora tion who was the first witness to ap- pear at the Senatorial investigation in-

Degrees

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day

82 Temperature, 4. p.m.

yesterday

89 Humidity, 10 a.m., to-

day Humidity, 4 p.m., yes-

terday

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to the Shearer scandal, said that three companies sen! Mr. Shearer to Geneva as an observer and report the unpub lished proceedings. They agreed to The picture of a diseased eye, páy hím 325,000. Mr. Shearer's con- wirelessed to Buenos Aires from nection was terminated when it became Berlin, enabled a famous special-apparent that he was evidently deter ist at Buenos Aires to inform amined to fasten himself on to the ship. colleague in Berlin that the dis-builders.]

ease was incurable and that the patient must die. The specialists discussed the case by radio tele- phone-Reuter.

"Unscrupulous Propaganda"

A Washington cable of September 12 stated:

President Hoover, speaking with all the authority and dignity of his great office, to-day declared that the naval BOURSE SENSATION scandal created by the Shearer alle.

gations must be "afted tom."

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Berlin, Yesterday.

A sensation has been caused on the Bourse and in banking circles,

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The President expressed very strong views regarding the disclosures and said that the fullest investigation was demanded as the use of unscrupuloza propagands to thwart the Government's naval lintier programme is so obviously evident."

Company's Statement

PRINCE'S PILOT.

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London, Yesterday. Squadron Leader Fielden has been appointed personal pilot to HR.H. the Prince of Wales. He was selected out of eighty members of the reserye of the Royal Air Force who were considered for the past.

The new Moth machine which the Prince has purchased will be flown by Squadron Leader Fielder: As the plane is fitted with spiral con- trols, however, the Prince will sometimes y solo.. When the Prince ses a Service machine, Squadron-Leader Fielden will, as hitherto, pilot it.

For the past six months, Squadron Leader Fielden has been employed as personal pilot to Captain Guest, Chairman of the National Flying Services Company. They only recently returned from an air trip to Africa.

Last March, Squadron ́ ́Lender Fielden was awarded the Air Force Cross for datingniched peace-time flying, British Wireless Service.

KIDNAPPING CASE

STONE - DEAF WOMAN "ALL HUMBUG"

HEAVY SENTENCES

That it was a bad ease of kidnapping was the remark made by Mr. 1..8. Whyte-Smith at the Kowicon Magis- by the news that the two biggest the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, ad- the two Chiese, men and the Indian Mr. E. G. Grace, the President of trazy this morning, when be convicted German banke, the Deutsche Bank mits that Mr. Shearer was engaged by

and the Discontogesellschaft, whose his organisation as "observer" at the woman, on charges of kidnapping and capitals respectively are 150 million Geneva Conference of 1927, but says harbouring a Chinese child of 14, first and 135 million marks, are negotiat that his services were discontinued heard on Sept. 28. ing with a view to amalgamation:

An official announcement is ex- pected-Reuter.

TRADE UNION

ME. J. BEARD APPOINTED CHAIRMAN

GENERAL COUNCIL

London, Yesterday. Mr. John Beard, President of the General Workers' Union, was elect ed Chairman of the General Council of the Trade Union Con- gress to-day. British Wireless Service.

Mr. Arthur Freeman Fairers, aged 38, of Cumberland-street, St. Pancres, N.W., fell in front of a frain at Regent's Park tube atation and vas killed.

THE

7 when it was discovered that he was a

Sophia Mohanimed, -(35) of 24. propagandist.

Publicity was given to the alleged same house, were charged with kidnap Bakeley-street, Luk Ng (48), of the "scandal" when Mr. Shearer brought ping Wong Tai-heu, alius Wong Chan- an action against three important ship shing, a 14 years old boy, who was building companies, claiming G$257,555 for payment for his activities at Wash taken by fraud from his mother, Chan ington, Geneva and elsewhere in con Mayee, of 555, Canton-road, Kowicon, nection with naval armaments.

on September 19, and Cheung Shan, a He farmer of Lan Hang Village, Taipo, declares that he was employed by them to "crab" American disarmament.

was charged with harbouring the boy.. At the outset of the case his Wor- ship said to Detective-Sergeant Fisches that the woman was trying to make the Lease as long as possible, with her so | called "stone-deafness,”

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Sergt. Fitches: She is all humbug! Cross-examination of the boy by the woman then followed.

First defendant eald: "If I had wanted to all the boy I could have

The Shipping Board has approved done so years ago, when I used to take time," a loan of $10,750,000 to the Dollar him out many and many a Steamship Line for the construction She told his Worship that she had been of two 20-knot cargo boats for its given no chance to write down any names at all in the prison, in answer to Reuter's round-the-world service,

which Sergt. Fitches stated that she American Service,

has written down the "same old list” that she wrote when she was arrested and brought to the Yaunati. Police Station charge room. The only one who responded to this was Mr. U. Sumjahn President of the Moslem Society, and he would have nothing to do with the woman at all.

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