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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

GREAT ATLANTIC LINERS IN RESCUE DRAMA Europa's Magnificent Efforts In Mountainous Seas: Tanker Crew's Fate

STEAMER BATTERED TO. PIECES ON BORKUM REEF

ANOTHER TRAGEDY WAS ADDED YESTERDAY TO THE EVER-INCREASING TOLL TAKEN BY STORMS AT SEA WHEN THE GERMAN TANKER OLIFER" WAS BAT- TERED TO PIECES BY TREMENDOUS SEAS AND SEVEN- TEEN MEN DROWNED.

The tanker had been battling through the storm for hours when she ran' upon the Borkum Reef yester- day morning. SOS. messages were flashed out and were picked up by the North German Lloyd liner Europa" and the Hapag ship "Hamburg."

Both vessels immediately altered course to the scene of the wreck bat owing to the mountainous seas running were forced to remain a considerable distance from the disabled vessel

WILD WEATHER

ROUND

BRITISH ISLES

SNOW BLIZZARD DESOLATION

CARS ABANDONED

London. Today.

continues

Eleak weather throughout Britain and to-day a Isnow blizzard swept over most of

the country.

occurred in the London area although there was tobogganing on Hampstead Heath, but is the South-West the snow lay thickly and drifts were. in places, many feet deep.

Only slight falls

In Dorset, country noted fort its usually equable climate, mâny motorists abandoned their cars! and sorght shelter in desolated cottages.

The missing occupants of 淼 fhouse which was yesterday snow-

The giant "Europa," whose passengers were provided withjed in a desolate area of Exmoor

Herr Hitler is addressing the Reichstag this afternoon in speech which will be broadcast On all throughout the world. bands, belief is expressed that upon the nature of kis speech will largely depend the destiny of Europe in the immediate future.

MOSCOW TRIAL ACCUSED ASK FOR DEATH

Moscow, To-day.

In speeches sounding like their own funeral

Duke Of

the Duke of Finism feld Castia

They are

for Austr

ted to leave

orations, Karl Radek and Piatakoff yesterday SEAMENS confessed to conspiring to sell the Soviet Union STRIKE END IN to foreign countries.

The accused asked for "nothing more merciful than death, says a Reuter message.

Piatakon regretted that Leon Trotsky was not present to share their fate. Pathetically be begged the court to believe that "Dying, I am no longer a Trotskyite":

In startling contrast, Radek kept a firm front: He assumed full responsibility, he said, and did not need Trotsky's inspi

The famous Soviet journalist, was rebuked by Judge Ulrich

an unexpected thrill, anchored three miles off the reef and en-had great difficulty in reaching GT. BRITAIN when he addressed hi

deavoured to effect a rescue of the stranded sailors by boat, in shelter. spite of the heavy seas.

Many

roads throughout the country are not available or are:

EUROPA LOSES MOTOR LIFEBOAT dangerous for trafic although the

main roads are generally kept] Three large motor-boats The two rescue ships finally re- clear. Round the costs, heavy were launched and were followsumed their interrupted voyage at seas and wild weather are being ed-by hundreds of anxious eyes (9 o'clock last night. as they laboriously battled to wards the "Olifer."

Experienced. The low tempera-i. tures are expected to continue for some days--British Wireless.

GALE OFF PORTUGAL

With the storm still raging off Approaching as near as possible the Portuguese coast, en S.O.S. RESHUFFLE OF the motor-boats. by now half full message has been received in Lis- of water, picked up an officer and bon from the Portuguese tanker NANKING · two sailors of the ill-fated ship. "Peatrola," while 32 trawlers were who had jumped in the hope of sunk at their moorings in several GOVERNMENT being picked up.

harbours

Gallons of oil were meanwhile The Brazilian steamer "Santos," RUMOURED

being poured on the water by the which was yesterday reported to be "Hamburg" in an effort to calm in difficulties, has managed to ar- the seas, and the motor-boats stood rive i: Lisbon under her own steam

gradually

by the wreck, which broke up.

No survivors were picked up al- though several bodies of the un

covered.

after having drifted for several |days at the absolute mercy of the

hurricane.

AWAITS

HISTORIC HITLER SPEESH

London, To-day-

ទៅ

NETHESDA REA SZÁSTELLEN LETERILITY Prince Michael's

Condition

Florence, To-day

› Some ancisty is felt the condition of Prince MG

“Comrade,” and finally turned towards the foreign press cor- respondents and shouted: "I secretly plotted an internation- al conflagration."

Gregory Sokolnikoff Ambassador at London, was they operated apoi first of the acensed to plead for concluded? mercy and sobbingly

former

the

Britain is awaiting with tense this speech by saying: “I deserve anticipation the speech to be made nothing but the death penalty but by Chancellor Hitler to the Reich-beg the court's mercy in view of the extenuating circumstances.": stage in Berlin to-night.

Meanwhile, the arrest of Yesterday evening's papers gave: the times of the speech broadcast, Deputy Commissar for War, Mar- lin order that readers might listenshal Tuchatchevaka, generally re

in to the address.

garded as the "brain of the Soviet The "Evening Standard," which Russian Army," is believed to be

of Rumania, wako,

citis –

He has suddenly

turn for the "WOTSE

tons of pleurisy have devel

ed.

Prince Michaal man visiting

his mother in Florence he was suddenly upon. Reuter.

reviews events since. Herr Hitler's imminent according to a mess ENGLISHMAN

NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTION

MISSING IN

accession to power, stresses that age to the Daily Mail" from the H. H. KUNG AS NEW in four years the Nazi leader has Warsaw correspondent.

transformed a "weak and disunit- The PREMIER

correspondent, however, ed Germany into a united, mighty says Trans Ocean, adds that so MADRID Shanghai, To-day-moted an even

and powerful nation, and has pro-far he has been unable to obtain The total damage done in Por- A general reshuffle of the N-soldierly spirit among the German

more pronounced i confirmation of the report. fortmate seamen were later re-tugal itself by the storm is now tional Government is contemplat-people than the Prussian kings

ALondon, To- The disappearances of an jestimated at several million pesos.ed.

glishman in Madrid is reporti With the hurricane still raging,

had succeeded in doing.” RIVIERA DEVASTATION

Well-informed circles state that]

One of the charges against the the “Daily Herald.”- considerable difficulty was experi-

“Germany is to-day conscious defendants in the trial has been Generalíssimo

He is Geoffrey Brett, a bu enced in hoisting the motor-boats

One of the consequences of the will devote all his time to military the man who made her strong and

Chiang Kai-shek of her power and is grateful to dissipated by the investigations man and journalist, who had back onto the "Europa" and one terrific storm, says Trans-Ocean affairs, and that Dr. H. H. Kung powerful

(Continued on Page 10) arrested for in allered had eventually to be cast adrift.

from Nice, has been the postpone-will be appointed to succeed him day is shared

Gratitude for this to-

the Madrid mustia. ment of the famous Nice Carnival, as the President of the Excentive even by those who formerly were

He was released two which every year draws thousands

the incident but has, been nỐN of visitors to the town.

AIR DISASTER SEQUEL

Improving Facilities At Croydon

London, To-day. The landing ground at Croydon Airport is to be lengthened this year at a cost of $50,000.

The airport will shortly be equipped with the instruments ne- cessary to control from the ground shines lying in a fog-British

Wireless.

CHINA'S FIRST WOMAN DIPLOMAT

Shanghai, To-day." Miss Huang Wei-an, the newly appointed Secretary to the Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain, is the first woman-diplomat in China. A graduate of Tenching University in Peiping, Miss Eriang has served the Chinese Foreign Office for two years-Our Own Correspondent.

POPE'S ILLNESS

harbour there has risen 70 centi-

Yuan.

by all Germans,

PORTUGAL

anything but en basis, or PROVIDES HITCH Trans Ocess

The present President of thefters of the Nazi Party," continues The water level in the fishing Legislative Yuan, Mr. Sun Fo will the paper.

be appointed Vice-President of "When Hitler assumed power metres, while in the neighbouring the Executive Yuan and concur-four years ago he made certain town of Cannes large quantities rently. Minister of Railways. of sand were hurled onto the pro- menade, entirely dislocating traf- |fic.

No resort town, on the French Riviera town has escaped, many of them suffering heavy foods.

ENORMOUS SEAS

CONTROL PLAN MAY BE HELD UP

London, To-day. The plan for control of the Chang Chup, the Foreign Minis-set himself and that the main cre- not likely to be realised for at The resignation of General pletely accomplished the task he Spanish coasts and frontiers is fer, will be accepted, and either dit for this is due to the Chan- least a month, according to offi- Dr. Wang Chang-hui, former cellor himself

cial quarters in London. The article then enumerates

Yesterday's meeting of the Non-

promises and to-day, when fou Mr. Wang Ching-wei will be ap-years have passed, it must be ad- pointed President of the Legisla-mitted that he has kept those tive Yuan.

promises, that he has almost com-

England has not escaped the fury judge of the International Court,

+.

of the storm, the rains of the last or Dr. W. W. Yen, former Chin-Best Hitler's accomplishments, Intervention Committee saw sup two days having been followed by ese Ambassador to Russia will be stressing that the liberation of port of the control plan by Italy

event which completely changed Portugal the political development Europe.Trans-Ocean:

bitter north-east gales and snow-appointed to succeed him the Rhineland was an historic and Germany but opposition by

storms which are sweeping the Our Cum Correspondent

whole country, reports Beuter.

The seas are so high on the north-east coast that lifeboats are unable to put out to sea

Blinding snow is sweeping over South Wales and the west coun- ties, while in Devon and Somerset the snowdrifts are six feet deep.

Isolated in a roadhouse near Bridport were 150 motorists, many of whom - abandoned their cars, which --were buried in the snow, and reached shelter utterly és hausted.

bei znow is falling at only recently.

picking strawber-

the ther

of

STOP PRESS

Moscow, To-day. The

death sentence has been passed on thirteen of the accused in the mass trial, Ra- dek, Sakalnikoff and Arnold were sentenced to ten years"

- Imprisonment, and Stroikoff

to eight years Renter

The sub-committee, whose next! meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, will deal with the possibility of preventing financial support of both sides by foreign powers

It is stated that after this mat- ter is settled the question will be raised of the transfer abroads of Spanish gold by the Madrid Gov- ernment. “Trans-Ocean-

GUIANA GOVERNOR

Sir WE F Jackson

Appointed

London

Sir W. E; FJacks of Mauritius, has be Governor of British cession to Siz G/A SA the new Governor

-Renter

LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

The local forecast issued by the Royal Observa isEast winds

cloudy.

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