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SQUALL CAUSES FIVE

DEATHS.

Champion Yacht Capsizes.

AUSTRALIAN DISASTER,

(Reuter's Special Service.)

AUSTRALIAN ENGINEER

-IN TROUBLE.

Charged with Possession of Arms.

A DESTITUTE?

MOTOR LORRY IN COLLISION.

Hits Wall and Bursts Into Flames.

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Damage to a gas light standard and the railings of the nullah in Park Road, in front of the Fair- Adelaide, Yesterday.

les School, was caused yesterday Seventy-five persons were thrown An Australian, John Alexander when a motor lorry collided with into the water and had to struggle Pagett (32), described as an un- the wall and then caught fire. for their lives in tossing seas when employed mechanical engineer, and Repairs were being made to a gas a squall swept the seaside resorts a native of Brinda Village, Newlight standard outside the Fairlea to-day with disastrous results. South Wales, was arrested by Ser-School and the lorry attempted to Twenty-two yachts capsized, and geant. M. Flaherty in Johnston pass another vehicle at this apot. five members of the crew of the Road, Wanchal, yesterday, in pos-it was badly damaged before the champion yucht, Sunny South, were session of arma.

arrival of the Fire Brigade. drowned.

Pagett appeared in the dock of the Central Police Court this Bound for Fanling from Shatau- morning, before Mr. Wynne-Jones, kok, a motor-lorry ran off the charged with the unlawful posses-road into a paddy-field on Friday sion of an automatic pistol and to avoid a labourer who ran across seven rounds of ammunition, with the road. out a permit from the 1.G.P.

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Motor Industry King Passes Away.

HENRY MARTYN LELAND.

Detroit, Yesterday. The death has occurred of the Grand Old Man of the motor indus- try, Mr. Henry Murtin Leland. Reuter's American Service.

"MICKEY HUNT.

Farewell Party to

Police Officer.

GOING HOME ON LEAVE.

For the Police, Det.-Sergeant Kennedy informed his Worship that he had been instructed to ask for a remand of twenty-four hours, Mr. Wynne-Jones: Why? Any special. reason?

Sergeant Kennedy replied the Police desired to made enquiries as there was something known about the man at Police Headquar-

There were four other men on the lorry besides the driver. The lorry turned over and all five wore slightly injured, but refused to go

to hospital.

The lorry was a complete wreck, the front being smashed.

"RED

OLYMPIAD.

tera, He suggested that if bail To Be Staged in Moscow was granted it should be very sub- stantial.

His Worship suggested bail of $2,500.

in August.

Moscow.

or

in

Pagett stated that he could not The "Red" Olympic Gamea secure the money an he had no "Spartakiad" will take place friends Here. He was destitute. Moscow in August.

J.

and was trying to sell the arme

Ten thousand foreign sportsmen

Police Sub-Inspector B. ("Mickey") Hunt, who is shortly proceeding Home on leave, was the guest of honour at a tea party him to proceed to Cunton. He was National Council of Physical Cul- unaware of local regulations, and ture, while 50,000 Soviet athletes held at the Chinese Police Reserve did not know he was violating the will compete. A special stadium to Club on Saturday evening, when a law. He had formerly worked in seat 120,000 is being built.-British presentation was made to him in the Philippine Islands, and had United Press. the presence of a large gathering.

in order to raise money to enable and women are expected by the

The Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'o presided only recently arrived from Amoy and was supported by Mr. D. Lon the 8.8. Halyang. King, D.S.P. (R), and Mr. Chan Lim-pak.

The gift was a gold watch fob made in the form of a Police Re- serve Badge.

In making the presentation, the Hon. Dr. Ts'o stressed on the large amount of work that Sub-Inspector Hunt had done for the Chinese Company, particularly as regards squad drill und methods of de- fence. Mr. Hunt had devoted all his leisure time to this work, and the Chinese Company were indeed very grateful to him.

His Worship granted the remand naked for. and bail in the sum stated.

LUNATIC CAUSES DISTURBANCE.

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Stated to be insane, a Chinese

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For German Air Mail Service.

To

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the

ensure regularity in planned air service linking Ger-j many with South America, the Ger-] man Lufthansa are considering the establishment of two large catapult| plants, one in British Gambia and the other on the island of Fernando) Noronhs.

who went to a house in Portland This would enable the starting of| Street on Saturday night and the flying-boats when, without the Sub-Inspector Hunt replied in a created a disturbance was forcibly device, they might be detained by few chosen words, saying that all ejected by the inmates of the that he had done for the Company

house. The man, Ho Wai, aged rough seas.—Exchange. was in the performance of his 58, of 169. Portland Street, went

LEOPARD IN A FLAT. duty, and he was very glad to have to 187, Portland Street, where hċi been of assistance.

started to create a disturbance. taken during He is stated to have refused to:

A leopard brought home Opportunity was the party to distribute prizes won leave the premises when request-Africa three years ago and kept as in the recent billiard handicap ed. A tenant of the house wasa tame pet in the flat of a Berlin tournament conducted by the Com- obliged to use force and caused in-artist recently tore pany, the ceremony being perform-juries to the intruder's face. He girl from ed by Mr. Chan Lim-pak.

The prize winners were:--

lat prize-Lo Hau-kan.

2nd prize:-Kwok Chan.

3rd prize:-Leung Kwok-choi. Highest Break:-Ho Sit-yu.

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were both badly injured.

Labourer. Killed at Taikoktsui.

been

The child's father, the caretaker of the house, managed momentarily to stun the beast with a coal ham- mer and so captured the animal.

The owner of the leopard is a drinks require

During blasting operations at bottlea, and the falling off in the the Government quarry, Talkok-former traveller and student of consumption of liquid refreshments tsui, a stone breaker, named Chau Atvican research who has during the past year has heavily Cheung (25), who lives at a hut living and sleeping in the hit the German bottle manufactur in Kap Sek-mei village, was severe-room with his pet. He had brought ing industry. The year's produc- ly injured as the result of being it up from a cub and has been earn- tion amounted to only 640 million struck by a large piece of rock, ing a small livelihood by working!

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