1938-03-07 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 7, 1938.

BRITISH DESTROYER CREW HIT BY BOMB

While Rescuing Survivors Of Sunken Cruiser

DURLACHER'S

TO CLOSE

AFTER 95 YEARS

London, To-day.

Aircraft Attack On Rebel Rescue Craft

London, To-day. H.M.S. Kempenfelt and H.M.S. Boreas-rescued many survivors from the Spanish insurgent cruiser Baleares, sunk by the Republicans yesterday.

At the end of the month, one Two British destroyers of London's oldest art dealing firms the Durlacher brothers of Bond Street will cease business and the stock will be. sold at a famous London Auction Rooms during the Spring.

The firm was founded in 1843 and many world-renowned works. of art have since passed through its hands,

Among the great collections the firm helped to form was what now is known as the "Wallace Collection" and perhaps the most important acquisition made by Sir

One member of the crew of H.M.S. Boreas was fa- tally wounded by a splinter from a bomb drop- ped from aircraft attacking other insurgent ships, to which the survivors of the Baleares were being transferred.

BITS OF MAIL

PLANE WRECK FOUND

Manila, To-day.

What are believed to be bits of the wreckage of the mail plane piloted by Burton Hall, an American, and belonging to the Philippine Aerial Taxi Company, which disappeared last Sunday, have been dis- covered by a fisherman in La- mon Bay.

The plane disappeared while making a flight from Manila to Paracale, 120 miles east of

Manila.

The bits of wreckage recovered have been identified by an officer of the Philippines Army as "probably belonging to the plane" in which Hall disappear-

Three other members of the formation and that it is likely that crew of HM.S. Boreas were the Baleares, as flagship, would

have occupied first place... slightly wounded.

Evidence is also based on aerial ed.

Richard Wallace, was the collection of principally. Oriental armour which Durlacher's sold him for mercy, a bomb exploded in the water, but neither of them was £80,000.

hit.

Among Durlacher's well-known clients were the Duke of Hamilton, George Salting, John Edward Tay- lor, Beit, Carmichael, Eumor- fopoulos British Wireless.

RAIDERS BOMB BOCCA TIGRIS

While the British destroyers were going about their errand of photographs shown to the foreign The wreckage was found near press by the Minister of Defence, the spot where another fisher- Senor Pristo. Nevertheless the iden-man had claimed he saw 2 tity of the warship has not yet plane crash out at sea, explode been definitely confirmed

and then sink

TORPEDO ATTACK

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In Barcelone, it is officially nounced that the Baleares was sunk following a torpedo" attack in the Mediterranezn.

SISTERSHIPS

The difficulty is due to the fact that the Canarias and Baleares are sisterships.

Twenty-six planes, including nineteen United States army machines, have already taken part in the search for the miss- ing plare. Reuter.

A message from Gibraltar quotes Republican bombers, says the Republican broadcasts as stating announcement, went out at dawn to that the Canarias was torpedoed by L.C.C. BUDGET

~London, To-day.

the scene of the naval battle and the destroyer Lepanto which slip- bombed the burning cruiser, but it ped out of harbour under cover of appears that the damage which caus-darkness when the Canarias, A total of $16,475,115 is budget- ed her to sink was inflicted by the Baleares and Almirante Cerverated for in the Annual Estimates of torpedo fired by one of the Repub- approached to bombard Cartagena the London County Comcil-Bri-

-Reuter. in the early morning. lican warships earlier. Reuter.

Itish Wireless.

MAY HAVE BEEN CANARIAS

Barcelona, To-day.

Canton, To-day. After a silence of three days, air-raid alarms were sounded in the city yesterday, and the "all clear" signal was not given until It is now believed the sunk in- late in the afternoon.

surgent cruiser was the Canarias.

The Ministry of National De- Several bombs were dropped in fence states this is now thought the vicinity of Bocca Tigris probable as a result of the report Forts, but the planes were kept of the commander of the Repub- at a great height by A.A. guns.lican fleet that the sunk vessel was Our Own Correspondent. the second ship in the insurgent

Powers May Open Post Office In Shanghai To Defeat Censorship

Shanghai, To-day. Following the lodging of an Anglo-American pro- test over the Japanese postal censorship, for- eign quarters in Shanghai point out that ac- cording to the Washington Postal Treaty, for- eign Powers have the right to establish their own post offices in China in the event of un- satisfactory operation of the Chinese postal system.

The foreign Powers are en-11

administration.

titled to consider this to be though Japanese

censors.

case if censorship is imposed. have actually already been in- Under the circumstances, it is stalled in the Central Post Office, thought possible that the for the censorship has not yet been eign powers will claim the right officially put into operation. to establish their own system of Trans-Ocean.

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