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TO KILL KING.

SPANISH POLICE DISCOVER BANDITS PLOT.

'TWO MEN ARRESTED.

THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY. ]

COBHAM'S FLIGHT:

TO AUSTRALIA AND BACK

THREE MONTHS.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PEESS, FRIDAY,

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

RUGBY, June 30th--

Mr. Alan Cobham started this morning on his flight of 28,000 miles to Australia and back. Supported on two long fonts, his machine, with 388 horse-power Sid-

COAL SITUATION.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES. AND SWEATING."

SAFETY MEN DECISION.

JULY

SIR FREDERICK LUGARD."

HONOURED BY COLONIAL

LONDON, June 30th

1926

AVIMBLEDON.

"SEMI-FINALS ON WEDNESDAY,

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PRINCESS MARY. -BUYS GLOVES FOR GARDENING- AT CHELSEA SHOW.

Princess Mary, accompanied by count Lascelles and attended by Min Yorke, was an interested visitor to the Chelsea Flower Show. Lord Lambourne conducted the party round the exhibits

At various stands Princess Mary stop- ped to examine more closely the exhibits, and several times she drew the attention af Lord Lascelles to a particular flower

do a lot of work in the gardens of Galdsborough Hall," said the Princess at one stall, where, after trying on several pairs of gardening gloves, she found a

LONDON, June 30th The principal matches at Wimbledon "{THROUGH" "REUTER'S AGENOT.

At the annual reception of the Rays to day were the semi-finals of the Men's Colonial Institute the Prince of Wales Singles Championship, as a result of LONDON, June 30th

presented the gold medal of the Institute which Howard Kinsey (America) will In the House of Commons, on the Comfor the best book relating to the Empire mest Borotra (France) in the final mittee stage of the Coal Mines' Bill, Mr.

There was glorious weathers and Wim Ramsay MacDonald said that the Laboa-to Sir Frederick Lugard, for his book

Tropical Africa" The Prince of Wales being Her Majesty the Queen them.

courts were Eun-baked. a fine governor and a great Colonial paid tribute to Sir Frederick Lugard as

Civil Servant.

PARIS, July 1st Following their departure for London of the King and Queen of Spain on a fortnight's private visit, the police bave revealed a plot to assassinate the King which was frustrated on Friday by the delay-Jaguar' engine, had rested during Party regarded the measure as being too entitled, "The Dual Mandate in British bledon was päckel, among those present pair that fitted her perfectly, and bought.-

arrest of two notorious bandita and

Argentine.

anarchists who had come purposely from the night in the middle of the River Med way near Colchester. As the neighbour Que is and to be the murderer of ring church clock struck five, it taxied for: Archbishop Saragossa. They confessed half a mile along the surface of the water that they intended to attempt the King's.

and then rose gracefully in the air and life.

MANT ARRESTS CARRIED OUT.

The polics have been watching five. individuals who landed at Cherbourg-from-

the Argentine at the beginning of May "Two Spaniards, Ascas, suspected of the Saragossa murder, and Bonaventur Aduretty, using false names, vera átresta ed at family pension. They were armed with automatics, and Ascasa attempted to fire on the police, but was overpower- ed thousand-pesos-banknoto-payable on the Italian, Bank, in receipt of a motor-cur purchase, three-rifles and 2 cartridges were discovered in the rooms of Asonia, who said he intended to motor the last station cutside Paris where the Royal train would stop and where an wattempt-would-bare-been made.

act of southwards.

bad in principle for them to attempt any amendment. The Labourites would wipe it off the Statute Book at the first oppor- tunity

The only amendment submitted was by the Labour Member, Mr. Wedgwood Bean, who, in proposing to insert a pro vision that the Bill might be suspended The departure was witnessed only by or repealed by a Resolution of both Mr. Cobham's wife, Captain Pym, or Houses, said that foreign countries were the Air Ministry, and number of closely watching such legislation. He did friends. There were hosts of expressionsotisk-the measure to start jaterna- of good wishes, accompanied by waving tional competition in sweating."

The amendment was defeated by 230 of hands. It was an undemonstrative

votes to 25, the Labourites abstaining. send-off on a mementous journey

"SEAGOING CRAFT Talking-previously to Press representa- tives, Mr. Cobham said: "We are not out to try and put up new speed records We are simply going to try to prove whether these great air routes can be made commercial propositions. I am using the same machine as I used in my Bights to Rangaon and Capetown, except The Ceuvre from Hendaye states as that it is fitted with floats instead of a result of the plot, the Spanish Govern- wheels and we alight on water the whole ment have arrested over four hundred way. We are going to use harbours militarists. The prisons are crowded just is seamen do, and we shall be a pro- with civilians, izelading. Melquiado per reagoing craft more or less until Alvarez, the ex-Premier

Count Romanones, threatened arrest, has ded to Hendaye.

with

» (THROTON HAVAS AGENCY.]" FRENCH LADY HONOURED. "OROSSED THIBET AND STAYED AT-LHASSA

PARIS, July 1st.

The Academy of Sports has conferred the Grand Prize for Female Athletics on Madame Davidneli who crossed. Thibet with one companion and sojourned_at Lhassa.

(THROUGH REUTER’8 ADENCY.} TO HELP SINGAPORE. CDB. KENTWORTHY'S SUGGESTION REGARDING HONGKONG DOCKS.

LONDON, June 30th.

we get to Australia."

Mr. Cobham added that weather pros- pects for the first part of the journey at any rate were excellent, but he was pre- pared for numerous drawbacks, that must follow, particularly the monsoon from Burma to Java. The monsoon period, of course, must be looked upon as the most ancomfortable period in which to fly, but he did not see why he should not surmount the difficulties with ordinary luck.

"After all," he said, "ane weather. Aying has been demonstrated conclusive, ly enough, and if we are to progress in Empire efforts we must show that we are able to get through trying experiences like monsoons successfully."

THREE MONTHS' FLIGHT.

Mr. Cobham expects that the journey oat and home with take about tires In the House of Commons, Commander months, for he has much survey work to Kentworthy asked what docks there were do. As there are several long stages in in British territory in the Pacific capable the journey, he has increased the petrol of accommodating the largest warships

capacity of the machine to eight hours. and what docks of such size were being is engineer is Mr. Elliott, who accom- prepared in the Pacific, besides Singpanied him on his fights to Capetown

and Rangoon. After Mr. Bridgeman had given the particulars requested, Comdr. Feat

pore.

SAFETY MEN TO CONTINUE.

LONDON, June 30th.

The Miners Federation Executive sat for three hours to-day and discussed, inter alia, the question of withdrawing the safety men from the pits in conse- quance of complaints that Colliery Man- agers were violating local agreements.

The Executive decided at present to adhere to their decision to allow the safety men to continue, as withdrawal would unfairly penalise the colliery.com- panies loyally observing the agreement.

The members of the Executive after- wards returned to their districta

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(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE} WELL GROUNDED YEARS.""

PITCH FLOODED.

DETECTIVES CONSIDER INCIDENT AT LORDS ACCIDENTALS

LONDON, June 30th. According to the Daily Mail detectives who have investigated the flooding of the pitch

at Lords during the second Test Match are convinced that it wa accidental.

PENNY POSTAGE.

CANADA REVERTS TO THE OLD RATES.

OTTAWA, June 30th. Chanda reverts to the penny postage on July 1st, the rates on domestic and inter-Imperial letters being reduced by one cont per once. Y

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AMERICAN STOCKS.

BIG RISE IN SHARES ON WALL STREET.

NEW YORK, June 30th. There was a big rise in stocks to-day, led by the United States Steel Commons,

Busar, June 30th In moving his amendment, Captain Wedgwood Bean declared that while the prescribed term of the operation of the Bill was five years it was practically per-which were very strong.. Thousands of manent. The danger which the Coal shares changed hands in rapid succession Commission foresaw-that a-lowering of

the standard in our land would result in at ever-increasing pricce. The climax a comparative lowering of the standard was reached just before the close when, ir other countries--was well grounded after one block of 10,000 Steel Commons Whether they took Switzerland, Poland, had been sold at 143, the stock shot up Germany or Italy they would find every to over 144, finally closing at 143).

where that this sort of attack was being made on hours of labour and the standard of living.

Sir Arthur Steel Maitland, Minister for Labour, in resisting the amendment, de- clared that if the grave contingency con. templated by Captain Wedgwood Benn occurred, the Government of the day been _done_on_many could-easily, as had previous occasions, remedy the situation by legislation. He did not for a moment anticipate that such an event would ever occur. Moreover, what was required for some time was that an agreement should be made of lasting duration.

While this remarkable rise. was un- doubtedly partly justified by business sentiment it is rumoured in Wall Street that some prominent operators were caught short at around 187 and are being mercilessly squeezed.

FLOOD HAVOC.

THOUSANDS HOMELESS IN

MEXICO.

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KISSES'S WIN.

At the Not Forgetten" stall, which is run on behalf of ex-Service men by Miss Margaret Cunninghame, Princess Mary bought a number of gardening bas 'kets made hy disabled ex-soldiers... Brogen and listened attentively to their de She spoke to a number of the ex-Service scriptions of how the work was carried out in their workshops.

She also purchased seeds and plants and asked that they should be sent to her home.

The first of the centre court games was that between Howard Kinsey and non in which the former won 64, 66, 6-3 3-6-97. The match proved to be most the hitherto hard-hitting interesting, American relying on a top-spin cut against Brugnon's classic orthodoxy.. There was a thrilling final set. When the games stood at five-four in favour of Brugton he went to within one point of the set and he was three times within one point of the set and match when the games stood at 65 in his favour. Each time Kinsey levelled up, but Brugaca took the games to 7-8. This proved to be the extent of Brugaon's great effort, for he became exhausted and lost the next two games and match.

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SEEING OVER THE PHONE. ACHIEVEMENT BY THE TELEVISOR.

was confidently predicted 50 years ago that in a short time it would to possible to see one's friends over the telephone line. That prediction has only now come about.

A Daily News woman representative sitting in a darkened room, was able to recognise, in n lens in front of her, the face of a colleague who sat smoking a cigarette in a room upstairs.

This was part of a demonstration given by Ms. JL Baird of the possibilities

his "Televisor

BARS OF LIGHT.

The moving head and shoulders of the man at the transmitter end appeared in. a succession of bars of light,issing across the receiving lens.

In the other semi-final, Borotra (France) beat Cochet 2-6, 7-5, 5-6, 6-3, 7-5. Borotra looked well-beaten when he was losing by two sets to one owing to the calm precision of Cochet, who fought most hard to keep Barotra from the net Cochet's cross-cothe play was superb, but Borotra lasted better and producing characteristic and seemingly inspired agility he won the fourth and filth sets The match was full of thrill, second onlying the subject, and is a comparatively

simple matter.. to the preceding struggle.

The gates of the centre court had to be closed, so great was the crowd. There was a large company of French and Americans present, including Mdlle. Suzanne Lenglea.

LADIES DOCULES.

Mrs. Godfree and Miss Colyer have entered the final of the Ladies Doubies

Mrs. Jackson Fielden and Miss Walth by winning their semi-final match against

6-2, 6-3.

MIXED DOUBLES.

In the third round of the Mixed Doubles, Vincent Richards and Miss Ryan beat Crole Rees and Mrs: Jessup 6-3, 6-1.

THE AUSTRALIANS. BARDSLEY HITS CENTURY 4. AGAINST NORTHANTS.

The result was a somewhat indistinct and dickering likenees There will be improvement as the bars pass more speedily. This depends on the speeding up of a rotating series of lenses reflect-

was made with The demonstration wires in use, but can be carried out equally well by wireless.

"SNOWFLAKE" INTERFERENCE. Interference, which in the wireless Leception of sounda is often like the twittering of birds, takes the form in this case of swirling "nowflakes."

Mr. Baird is now setting up a larger apparatus, and is installing better lenses, and promises within a short time to first-to-the room below, where it will be wrojected on to a screen, and, in time, transmit a whole scene from his studio,

inevitably to picture houses and into homes at any distance equipped with the Proper receiving seta.”

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THE POLICEMAN'S LOT,” NOT PRECISELY CAN UNHAPPY In the fourth round of the same com-

ONE." petition, Howard Kinsey and Miss Brown-

Though there may be something novel beat. Dekehrling and Senorita de Alvarez. 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, and thus entered the semi-in a constable being a B.A. and an LL.B. (writes & Jianchester Guardian corres- finals.

pondent, with reference, to a note on learned policemen) there must be quite n considerable "sprinkling of policemen who have some academic distinction. A Montrose detective officer whom I met the other day said he was an M.A. and that in the Glasgow force there were two or LONDON, June 30th.

three holders of that degree. Any Chief New YORK, June 30th.

Warren Bardsley captained the Aus- Constable can recall receiving, since the A message from Leon, Mexico, says the tralians for their match against North War, applications to join the force from graduates. And why not. Policemen are food havoc has been aggravated by ants at Northampton, and he followed held in far greater esteem, and have far more handsome emoluments than when an outbreak of plague. Six thousand up his wonderful-Test century with a

Sir Robert Peel said that 38, a day would attract all the constables he needed. It is said that in connection with the families are homeless and foodless Re score of 11g

year. Even sixty years ago a graduate -worthy Lasked whether Mr. Bridgeman Naples, Athens, Alexandretta, to Bag decision of the Miners Federation Exec fier trains are coming in slowly but sup. Adopting the Collins habit, he won Every constable 20 aspire to

340 for 8 wickets when stamps were

of a Scottish university threw up a com- fortable civil service job in order to be had considered with the Australian Gov. dad, then wid the Persian Gulf, Karachitive regarding the non-withdrawal of the plics are inadequate. Looting has begun the toes and the Australiang had made "plus" worth from £1,000 to £2,000 a ernment the enlargement of the dockCalcutta, Rangoon, Penang, Singapore to safety men from the mines, that some off despite a military cordon round the dis drawn. The weather was fine, the wicket

some Frenchmen were chatteringia. accommodation st Sydney to enable it to Fort Darwin Besides the dificulties the owners have broken their agreemea's

good and the attendance was in the policeman at 30s. a week. One day their native tongue in a bar parlour, Bardsley was the top scorer with 112, and never dreaming that a stranger-in- the room would understand them, spoke freely of a murder and robbery which reighbourhood of toda

When the had recently taken place. stranger went out they bade him a jeat- ing "hon soir, which he professed not. to understand But from that moment they were shadowed, for the stranger was the ex-civil-service policeman who ultimately became Chief Superintendent Williamson, head of Scotland Yard

take the largest ships.

Mr. Bridgeman was unable to say if we had done so recently, but was unable, without notice to say when the last com munication occurred.

Mr. Penny asked Mr. Bridgeman to- sider the advisability of selling the land and docks in Hongkong and devoting the proceeds to building the Singapore Base The Speaker said that question could not be answered without notice.

THE HOLY CARPET.

CAIRO, July 1st

The route to be taken is vid Marseilles,

which the monsoons may provide-Mr-

THE SAFETY MEN.

coal which is intended only for use in Cobham will have to fly for long dis and that other use is being made of the tances with only the help of rivers and colliery boilers. The owners deny that lakes for landing places, but he expresses there have been any such breaches of confidence in his well triad scapláne,

agreement

COST OF STRIKE

Mr. Cobham carries a mailbag in which are letters from Sir Samusta the House of Commons, the Minister Hoare, the Air Minister, to Mr. Bruce, for Labour said that the amount lost in the Australian Premier, and from the wages during the General Strike was Lord Mayor of London to the Lord estimated at · between-

£18,000,000. Mayors of Sydney and Melbourne

~PEACHER AND LEAVES HARSKILLEN.

June 20th MARSEILLES, Alan Cobham, on his fight to Aus The Holy Carpet has been ordered to tralia, arrived hers at 10.50 this morn Jeddah and not to being He reprovisioned and left for

Naples

sent to Medina: the reason being the ickness (unspecified) which has broken out amongst the officers of the escort.

WEMBLEY SALE

...

LONDON, July 1st. The liquidators of the British Empire Exhibition announce that Wembley was sold to the Beecham Trust and James White for £300,000 which in view of the fact that the bquidators are also in- demnified against certain liabilities and

penses, is the best, further call on the gua

LOAN TO TURKEY.

NO PROMISE GIVEN BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

RUGET, June 30th

Biz Austen Chamberlain, replying to a question in the House of Commons,

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BILL PASSES THROUGH COMMITTEE.

LATER

The House of Commons concluded the committee stage of the Coal Mines Bill, after a lengthy debate in which the forure and Government applied tho secured majorities ranging from 135 to 139 on the main clauses of the Bill"

ARTIFICIAL SIEK.

AUSTRALIAN SENATE TO IN-

CREASE DUTY,

Mazouise, June 30th

The Senate Ens agreed to increase the

said that no representative of the British duty on artificial silk sa follows:- Government had given any promise in British preference duty of twenty per the course of recent negotiations to en- cent.; su intermediate duty of twenty deavour to facilitate loan to the per cent, and a general duty of Turkish Government.

five per cent

trict. The total bodies recovered number 250, many with clothing torn off with the

force of water.

least 100 fatalities have been caused by An earlier message reported that at floods in the town of Villa de Leon. The damage is estimated at four million pesos.J

RUSSIAN WAR BONDS.

WASHINGTON, June 30th. The tax Appeals board has ruled that American taxpayers, in computing their taxable income, may charge off war bonds of the Imperial Russian Government as

bad debtu

PLUCKY GIRL, SEIZES A VETERAN THIEP.

How girl cashier captured a thief and held him until assistance arrived was told at Bow Street, whe George Clarke, 59,& commercial traveller, no home, was sentenced to six months hard labour for attempting to steal a packet of Treasury notes from a shipping office in Cockspar Strect, We

Détective White said that Clarke enter ed the offices of the Norwegian State Railways.He was seen by Miss Berha, cashier, to put his hand under the grill and pick up about 220 and run out of the office. He was followed and seized by Miss Berhe and given in charge.

It was stated that Clarke had spent practically the whole of his life in prison zince he was" 19′′-

and Eyder contributed 84.

KIDNAPPING THREATS. GUARD FOR PEER'S LITTLE SON. POLICE SEARCH FOR LETTER WRITER.

Scotland Yard detectives are busily engaged "trying to trace the writer of ADODymous letters who, as previously re- ported has been threatening Society people during the past few weeks.*******

Among the latest letters is one threaten ing-to-kidnap the Hon. John Reginald Henry Tarde-Buller, the 11-year-old son of Lord and Lady Churston unless a big. sum of money is handed over to charity,

"DEAD MAN ON LEAVE.

A Darlington Royal Air Force man named James Bains, whose death was reported some days ago, arrived on leave at his home this week-end, says the Daily

fail to hand.

During the general strike his mother in-law, Mrs. Johnson, of Bartlett Street, (Lord Churston was married in 1907 Darlington, received a telegram from to Miss Decise Ormoc, the actr and bincoin, where-Bain was stationed, un- has six children. Becently his Devon-nouseing that he had died from injuries- shire sent, Lupton House, Churston received in an accident Ferrers, was destroyed by fire. He has

Mr. Johnson published a notice of

a town house in Knightsbridge.) her son-in-law's death. Later, she com The letter containing the threat to municated with the commanding officer Lord Churstone child, which bears an of Bains's squadron, who told the airman Oxford postmark, is in style and phrasing of his reported death similar to that sent to the Marchioness Townshend threatening to kidnap her young son, the Marquis,

It explains that the monetary object is to endeavour to bring about & more equal distribution of wealth, and suggests that the simplest way is to take from the rich and give to charitable institutions working on behalf of the poor.

The children threatened are being closely guarded by officers of the special branch of Scotland Yard.

Scorca of personal gifte from admirers reached, the Premier, Mr. Baldwin, at 10, Downing Street, immediately follow- ing the close of the general strike. Among them were horseshoes and enough pipes to last him for the rest of his life. One gift was a silk tobacco, pouch, worked by na, aged woman, who sent with it a charming letter of thanks for lus, action, which the Prime Minister greatly appre ciated.