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SOVIET READY FOR last for a period of nine A GREAT FLIGHT TO

WAR.

Factories Working on

Munitions.

MONTH'S FUEL IN HAND.

HE FIFTIETH ORDINARY

MEETING GENERAL

OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned on TUESDAY, the 19th May, 1931, at Noan, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, months of 1929.

Dezember, 1930.

Military preparations have taken foremost place in all Soviet schemes of development since the early At no period have

months.

German Factories.

run New factories,

under the Herr Krupp, have re- auspices of

cently been established in Maiko and Grozny (Northern Caucasus),

Several chemical works for pro- ducing poison gases have been es- tablished in Russia with the aid of German experts, and the production of one of these factories in Trotzk, near Samara, is estimated to be one

gas-charged million

bombs per

annum.

together with a Statement of Ac-they been neglected, and after two All the evidence I have collected counts for the year ended the 31st years of greatly intensified work points to the fact that the Bolshes they have now reached formidableviks are well supplied with arma- and dangerous proportions.

ments, munitions and war materials, The conversion of a number of and that the supplies are sufficient capitalist States to Communism has for conducting a campaign on

first been regarded by large scale for a period of at least

And be

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MEETING of VOTING MEM- BERS will be held at the Club House, Happy Valley, on WED: NESDAY, 27th May, 1931, at 5.15 p.m.

posed:-

That Article of the Articles

from the Bolshevist lenders as an essential condition of the maintenance" of

their power over Russia. It was, not until 1920, when the economic crisis began to spread through the civilised world, however, that resort to arms was considered to be practicable method of achieving the

end.

six months.

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AUSTRALIA.

Merchant Adventurers'

Spirit.

MR. C. W. A. SCOTT'S FEAT.

London, April 14.

the feat of Mr. C. W. A. Scott In Great tributes have been made to

flying to Australia and the dight is described as one of the greatest in the history of aviation.

closely on Following so

Cem- mander Glen Kidston'a wonderful light to Capetown, Mr. C. W. A. Scott's feat in beating Air Com- mndore Kingsford Smith's time to Port Darwin by nearly nineteen hours is a fresh and welcome proof of the hold that the adventure of

tho

present

It is contended in some influential circles that as soon

as dissatisfied peasants drafted into the Red Army long-distance flights has taken on get possession of arms they will the imagination of revolt against the Soviets. Us-generation. Mr. Scott's own де doubtedly such a danger exists; but count of his carefully planned the Bolsheviks are well aware of flight is as simple as it is stirring. In order to prevent possible In his long race against time the revolts they are taking thorough airman had to contend with snow and careful precautions.

Extermination.

it.

A firm conviction then began to grow in the minds of the leaders that the conflict between Commun- ism and Capitalism could only be They are carefully and systemati- solved by war. and the idea of eally extermiating all those ele habitation" of these two diametriments which may become, in case of

a revolt, leaders and organisers. cally opposite economic and social!

The intention of the Bolsheviks Bukharin,! systems, preached by

want not only is clear; they

"peaceful and neighbourly

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and intense heat, with mist and the full the advantages that travel cloud, and frequently with falling by air offers to this country mora darkness. His perilous landing in than to any other because of the the gathering dark in Baluchistan relative positions of its scattered and, at a later stage. the sighting possessions and of the immense of his distances that lie between them, wing tip when he was flying at we need not only pilots of surpass- to 5.000ft.-which meant that he was ing skill but also acroplanes of

of a bonfire at the level

began to be ridiculed in verse and keep the masses of Russian people dangerously close to a mountain the highest perfection. Happily

prose.

tories.

of Association of the Club be altered by deleting therefrom

Take, for instance, large tractor the words "Ordinary Members

works opened Inst

year in may be unlimited in number" Stalingrad. At short notice, I learn, and substituting therefor the they can turn out, instead of trac words "The number of Ordintors, armoured cars and tanks at the Ary Members shall be

rate of at least 40 machines a day. thousand two hundred or such greater number as the Voting Members shall from time to time determine."

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5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

p.m.---European Pro- gramme of Victor and H.M.V. Re- cords kindly supplied by Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co.

7.02-7.25 p.m.-Orchestral. Spanish Dance (Moazkowsky), Spanish Serenade (Bizet),

New Light Symphony Orch. (B2584). Popuree is Ukrainskich Pyesen

(Ukrainian Potpourri), Kuzheck,

Kirilloff's Balalaika Orchestra (132506) Les Preludes-Symphonic Poem

(Liszt),

exciting we have them, and year by year in a disorganised state; but to fore- top-must have Military Needs First.

or enough to satisfy the most advens both men and machines go stall any possibility of their

But, TUITION GIVEN

All members are cordially in-

When judging the capacity of

it turous pilot. that They know

But those vicis steadily improving. ganisation. vited to attend and participate in Soviet industry to meet

were humdrum com with the best of pilots and the military would be easy to deal with human siludes PRIVATE LESSONS in English, any discussion which may ensue. requirements in case of war, it must "dust" and to suppress sporadic pured with the dash over the most trustworthy of engines there French, Shorthand, Typewriting and AND NOTICE is hereby given be noted that although the Five isolated local

7-10.30 risinge and dis-, Timor Sea, a flight across 470 miles is still a large element of uncer- Muse for Ladies and Children. Terms that an Extraordinary General Years' Plan of industrial develop-turbances.

of open water with the "shapes tainty in flights over such perilous muderate. 6. Aimai Villas, Austin Meeting of the Voting Members of ment, generally speaking, fails short

That areas as the shark-infested seas of The recent trials of the members of sharks" visible below. the Hong Kong Jockey Club will of the prescribed programme, in of the Industrial" and "Menshe. Mr. Scctt describes as "quite the the last stages of the route to be held at the Club House on the regard to military industries it is ist Parties, staged with such wide most awful experience" of his life. Australia or the trackless forests: ENGLISH LESSONS given to Students with particular attention to 27th day of May, 1981, immediate being fulfilled to 100 per cent. Most publicity, pursued the same political These young airmen and airwomen of Central Africa, where a forced pronunciation, by English Barrister after the half-yearly meeting of the factories and works con ends. The Soviet leaders were wha set out quietly, sometimes landing must almost inevitably Middle Temple). Apply Box No. of the Voting Members when the structed during the past three years trying to represent their possible alone an sometimes in company, mean death. To face these risks

subjoined resolution will be pro-are either entirely destined for pre political opponents as hirelings of to fly to the uttermost parts of the still calls for a degree of

duction of war materials, or can be the "cursed capitalists" in order to earth, are in a very real sense the that only a few possess, and all easily converted into munition fuc- compromise them in the eyes of the lineal descendants of the old-time praise is due to the Kidstons and merchant adven-! Kingsford-Smitha and Scotts who Russian worken and peasants and explorers and to remove them from the political turers, whose daring and contempt go out and overcome them.

Captain Sir Malcolm Campbell, of danger enlarged the bounds of} arena.

The coming trials of the mem-this island till it became the centre the world's land speed record "Well done, the bers of the "Peasant" Party and of of a world-wide Empire. Theirs is holder, declared:

Right Communist opposition a different kind of enterprise in Scott. An awfully fine show. He are similarly aimed. The real poli- that it is always a peaceful mis- thoroughly deserved to do it. That Similarly, it is believed, the new tical motive which lies behind all sion that has no thought of con- man has determination and enter- automobile factory in Ntiny Novgorod enn

these mock trials must be sought in quest and imperils only their own prize. I hoped he would do it, and be converted with the war plans cherished by Stalin.ives and limbs. Its object is not I am terribly pleased that he has little dealty into munition works-Morning Post Correspondent.

to add to the possessions of Great succeeded. Only one word sums AND NOTICE IS ALSO HERE-

Two large aeroplane factories

Britain and the Commonwealth of up his performance-magnificent." RY GIVEN that a Further Extra- near Moscow can supply a sufficient:

British Nations, but to bring them

At A Penny A Mile. ordinary General Meeting of the number of motors and flying ma

nearer to the mother country and

The Evening Standard made the Voting Members of the Club will chines of every type to replace those

cach other and bind them all more following comment: be held at the same place on WED-destroyed or damaged during war

closely together. But, it calls for NESDAY, the Seventeenth Day of operations.

the same high qualities of courage for a A recently opened June, 1931, at a quarter past five "bicycle" factory in Penza, where

and physical endurance, and by the machine. His Gipsy Moth Was o'clock in the afternoon for the over 9,000 men re employed, is It is calculated that prizes to opportunities that it offers for the made at Edgware, and it cost him purpose of receiving a Report of even now reported to be engaged in the value of fourteen million Tire exhibition of these manly virtues about £850. the proceedings at the above men-turning out large

His petrol and oil costs were so numbers of are awaiting to be claimed by win- it kindles in the minds of athers tioned meeting and of confirming machine-gune.

nera of State lotteries in Italy. the desire to go and do likewise. low that he has travelled to Aus- If thought it as a Special Resolu- The old munitions factories and

men tralia at the rate of about a penny Countrymen.coming in to fairs and to quit themselves like tion the above mentioned Resolu-ansenals in Leningrad, Tula, and the and markets are always tempted not only in far-off lands and aeroas a mile.

Calculating the time taken on a Urals, I am informed, have been to buy lottery tickets, but some the seas but also in the ordinary entirely re-equipped and are now times lose them or fail to see the every day concerns of a stay-at-trip of this kind is always a little Violin Solo

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Only the home life. guns, rifles, shells, and rounds of other day a peasant from a hill ammunition.

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LOTTERIES IN ITALY.

Millions Of Money Left Unclaimed.

This record flight is a triumph Londoner in Landon

is this:

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From another point of view Mr.differences, but the clearest way to Scott's great feat is particularly indicate how long Mr. Scott took satisfactory because it has been

Going by the time on his watch, carried out in * British-made

without any addition or subtrac- machine. If we are to exploft to tion of hours according to latitude, he took 9 days, 4 hours and 11 minutes to reach his destination,

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Vladimir Horowitz (1448).

Humoresque

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Oh, Dearest Ferdinand,

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L'Alfricana (Moyerbeer) ——

Adamaster, Ruler of Ocean, Andrea Chenier (Glorduno)

The Enemy of His Country,

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Dear Little Cafe.

Organ Soloma

Peggy Wond and George Metaxa (C1740).

In the Heart of the Sunset,

Reginald Foort (B8044).

Dialogue-

The Story of the Pied Piper'

John Henry abd` Gladys Horridge (B3890); Thle. Records by Special Request. Humorous Song--

Out in the New Mown Hay,

Ann Penn (B2663).

Banjo Quartet-

Whistling Rufus,

A Swanee Sing Song,

Emile Grimshaw's Band Quartet (B8877).

Organ Solare

Spirit of the Dance,

Edward O'Henry (B3688). 10.80 p.m.-Close Down. Note:-Between 6 ani, and 7 a.m. Local Time, to-morrow, an Experimental Relay of Chelmsford will be attempted on the uenal wavelength of 855 metres. No notice of this relay will be given by the announcer.