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Europe's Hope Of Avoiding Crash
Paris, To-day.
"The experiment of non- intervention and control of the Spanish frontiers must be carried out to a success- ful conclusion, because it is the only chance left to save Europe from catastrophe.” So declares "Le Temps" in an ar- ticle on the fundamental aspects of
the non-intervention plan.
“John Buchan” Visits Pres. Roosevelt
Ottawa, To-day.
Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor- General of Canada, and Lady Tweedsmuir, left for Washing- ton yesterday for a "friendly call" on President and Mrs. Roosevelt, whom they are visit- ing for the first time.
Lord Tweedsmuir will return to Ottawa on April 3-Reuter.
MACAO BADMINTON
VISIT
Match V. St. Andrew's To-Night
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 30, 1937
CHARLTON WIN BUT ARSENAL
DRAW
MANCHESTER CITY CREEP UP
THRILLING FIRST DIVISION RACE
London, To-day-
The following were the resulta of yesterday's League
matches:-
FIRST DIVISION
✪ Middlesboro
1. Chelsea
3 Huddersfield
2
0
3
Manchester U. 3
Any appeal to the League of Na- tions would only lead up a blind
The first step to promote inter- Birmingham alley, the paper says,
and would
port badminton matches will be Charlton increase the possibilities of conflict made this evening, when the Macao Derby between the different political creeds. Lysium encounter a team from St. Everton
The journal concludes by urging Andrew's Club at the St. Andrew's Manchester C. 5 Liverpool all the participating countries to Church Hall, the game commencing Portsmouth consider and settle the various pro-at 8.30 p.m. blems arising out of the control plan in a spirit of mutual conciliation. Trans-Ocean.
NAVAL AERIAL
DEFENCES
Trebled In Recent
Years
Twenty-five students of the Macao Lysium arrived in the Co- lony this morning and have ar- ranged a table tennis match with the South China Athletic Associa- tion to be played this afternoon, and the badminton match with St. Andrew's this evening.
The following are the members of the Macao Lysium Badminton combination, which, in the Portu- guest port, is considered the best among the schools:
Evandoe Boyol and Armando da Silva, Yose da Silva and Fernando Ribeiro, and Fernando Rodrigues and Humberto Rodrigues.
A three-fold increasè in the Navy's anti-aircraft defences has taken place within recent years, and month by month they become more formidable. This fact is confirm- ed by official data in the Navy Esti- CHINESE “Y” mates and the "Return of Fleets," BEAT
as well as by information în the
naval reference books, writes Hec-VARSITY “B” tor Bywater in the "Daily Tele- graph."
The Chinese "Y" beat the Uni-
Two years ago the battleships versity "B" by 5 games to 4 in the Nelson and Rodney and the aircraft-"A" Divivions of the Men's Dou carrier Courageous were the only bles Badminton League last night.
Scores: vessels in the Navy mounting more than four long-range guns.
anti-aircraft
C. K. Lee and C. K. Cheah (University “B”)
lost to P. H. Wong and Boon 12-21 lost to T. J. Ong and F. Koh 5-21 beat H. Koh and T. W. Wong 21-11 K. L. Hui and B. S. Chan (University “B”) beat Wong and Boon lost to Ong and Koh
To-day four other capital ships- Royal Oak, Malaya, Warspite, Re- pulse and at least six cruisers mount eight 4in A.-A. guns. The same armament will eventually be mounted in all our modernised capital ships, and also in the 20 new beat Koh and Wong cruisers building or projected. the five new battleships the num-
In
M. S. Lin and S. K. Lin (University “F”)
ber of long-range A.-A. guns will lost to Wong and Boon probably be not less than 12 ship.
Variety Of Guns'
per lost to Ong and Koh beat Koh and Wong
heavy
But these comparatively weapons are not the only item in the Navy's anti-aircraft armament. All vessels, from sloops upwards, are officially listed as carrying many "smaller guns," the majority which are designed for high-angle fire.
of
From 20 to 26 of these weapons are mounted in every capital ship. and large cruiser; from 10 to 15 in every smaller cruiser, and from five to nine in destroyers and sloops. They include light automatic quick-firers, pom-poms, and mult barrelled heavy machine-guns which are deadly against low-flying air- craft and torpedo planes.
YUGO-SLAVS IN ITALY
Preston Wednesday Stoke
W. Bromwich 3 Wolves
.1
Grimsby
Brentford
Bolton
Arsenal
Leeds Sunderland
SECOND DIVISION
Barnsley Blackburn Bradford C. Fulham Leicester Norwich Notta. F. Southampton Tottenham
0
West Hain
: 2 = Blackpool
Chesterfield
Doncaster Sheffield U.
2
1
1
3
Bradford
6
- Swanges
0 Plymouth
2 Bury
THIRD DIVISION (South)
Bournemouth 5 Newport
Bristol R. Cardiff Exeter Luton Northampton Reading
- 1
Aldershot
0
Notts:
3 Bristol C.
2
Clapton
Gillingham
Queen's Park
Southend Swindon Torquay Watford
2 Brighton
3
3
Millwall Crystal P. Walsall
THIRD DIVISION (North)
Barrow 24-21 Chester 18-21 Darlington 21-16 Halifax
Hartlepools Hull
2 Tranmere
5
Mansfield
Rochdale
0 Crewe
3
3 Carlisle
0
Stockport
1 Fort Vale
Accrington
1000
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TEL. 20022 or 33993
FORTUNE FROM PARCELS
A fortune of $1,004,366 has been left by Miss Annie Lucy Watson, of Miss Avenue-road, Regent's Park. Watson was a permanent director of Sutton and Co. Ltd., the carriers. Her father, Mr Thomas Watson, began work 60 years ago for Mr. WR Sutton, who then ran a small receiving office for parcels. in Foster-lane, Cheapside-
The business developed into the firm of Sutton and Co. Mr. Watson became Mr. Sutton's right-hand man, When Mr. Sutton died he left the business to Mr. Watson..
Mr. Watson died in 1910, and left his
fortune considerably |£500,000—to his two daughters, and
also his interest in the business.
It has not yet been decided how the £15,000 left by Miss Watson for
over
16-21 Lincoln
0
the benefit of foremen, clerks, por-
9-21 Oldham 21-.3 Rotherham
3
1.
em-
3 New Brighton
6
Gateshead
Special Concessions. Anticipated
Belgrade, To-day. Special conces
to Yugo in political circles here to be the Slav minority în are expected
logical result of the Italo-Yugo- Slav agreement.
It is expected that Italy will per- mit re-establishment of the Yugo- Slay minority press, unhindered
There is also a special “anti-air use of the Yugo-Slav language at craft ship" evolved by the British cultural societies.—Trans-Ocean.
religious festivals and Yugo-Slay Navy and not yet adopted by any foreign fleet.
Wrexham York
Celtic
4 Southport
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
(FIRST DIVISION)
1 Falkirk Rangers 3 Partick St. Johnstone 2 Aberdeen Third Lanark 1 Hiberniana
ters, mechanics and vanboys, ✪ployed by the firm in London and Manchester, is to be distributed,
SHIPS COLLIDE AT LAUNCHING
The Swedish steamer Suecia, 4,200 otong, which plies between Sweden 1 and England, on the Tilbury-Gothen- burg service, was struck-and 1 sunk by a motor vessel which was uter. being launched at the Eriksberg
shipyard.
PRINCESS JULIANA
Staying On Riviera For Some Time
Paris, To-day
Two British engineers, William Wilson and Oswald Adamson, were among the five injured.
The Suecia had been lying up for alterations. While being – towed away to avoid the surge from the launching, the wires broke, and the collision followed.
All the workmen in the Suecia were thrown or jumped into the
This new type will shortly be both active and passive, and in the Princess Juliana of the Nether-water- represented by seven 29-knot crui-latter respect the British Navy-islands and her husband, Prince Bern- sers, each mounting 10 4in and 11 in a far better position than for hard, arrived at Monte Carlo from smaller A.-A. guna, and six 18-knot merly. Deck armour is being great- Rome yesterday. escort vessels, each with six 4in. ly strengthened and vulnerable points and five smaller A.-A. pieces.
Printed and Published for the. Pro- The Royal honeymooners intend prietors, The Newspaper Enterprise are made "bomb proof" by special to remain on the French Riviera for | Wyndham
Ltd., by Gordon Cade Burnett, at SA, Anti-aircraft defence, however, is devices.
Street, Victoria, some time. Trans-Ocean,
Hong Kong.
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