1934-10-23 — Page 9

SCOTT

HUNGARY AND

POLAND

Closer Bonds Of

Friendship

(Special to "Hong Kong

Daily Press")

HEADING

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tale- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1994

Received, October 24, 1.30 a.m.)

Warsaw, Oct. 22.

scientific

The signing of the convention for the cultural and collaboration between

Hungary

and Poland yesterday is enthusias. tically commented on by the mor- ning papers, who point to the exemplary relations: which have existed between Hungary and Po- land for the past thousand years and which will now. be, further developed.

The hope is expressed that the new collaboration will also lead to & closer economic co-operation, since it is an open secret that the exchange of goods between the two countries has declined almost zero.

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At-the-same time-the-newspapers- here as well da in Budapest seize upon the occasion to repudiate the fantastic stories by some sections of the foreign press..on Goemboes". visit here. Goemboes himself de clared that he hoped that the whole of Europe would derive pro- fit from the Folish-Hungarian friendship.-

-Transocean Huo" Min.

STORM SWEEPS

U.S. COAST

Mishaps to Ships

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San Francisco, Oct. 21. A storm of terrific intensity is lashing the Pacific north-west coast.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934.

FOR MELBOURNE

Wiley Post, American favourite, was not a starter. It was his in-' tention to fly at a height of 8,000

to 10,000 metres

THE YUGOSLAV

PEOPLE

General Goering's Impressions

(Special" to "Hong KoDE Dally Press").

(By Telograph, Copyright, Tele graphic Massages Ordinance. 1393. Received, October 22, 4.30 h.)..

Berlin, Oct. 22.

AND

VICTORY

Engine Seized

Seized Over

Over The Timor Sea

TWO MACHINES IN PURSUIT OF THE LEADER

F.O. GILMAN CRASHES IN ITALY.

Occupants Of Machine Incinerated

DARWIN, 13.35 G.M.T.-SCOTT RESUMED HIS FLIGHT TO MEL- BOURNE.-Reuter,

While the above message indicates the remarkable progress made by C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black, after flying for two and a half hours on only one engine owing to the other being seized while flying over the Timor Sea, tragedy has overtaken another machine in Italy. The ominous message received in Hong ( Kong shortly after midnight read:

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ROME, October 22.-F0. H. D. GILMAN'S MACHINE CRASHED NEAR PALAZZO, SAN GERVASIO. THE OCCUPANTS WERE INCINERATED:- Reuter.

!!

IN

AIR

Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith withdrew his entry as he was not sure of effecting repaira to his machine in time

RACE

MURDER OF THE

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KING

Italy Attacked

(Special to "Hong Kong

· Daily Press")

Telegraph, Copyright,- Tele- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1805 Received, October 20, 4.30 p.m.).

Belgrade, Oct. 22.

The Premier designate Uzuno- vitch, who was commissioned by the Regency-last night, hopes to complete his new rahinet in the course of Monday. The Belgrade press attacks "Italy in connection with the murder of King Alexan der; the newspaper, "Vreme,” dem claring that the French secret ser- vicemen at Turin had no occasion. to get into touch with the arrest- ed. suspects Pavelitch and Kvater

The "Fravda" writes that

16 hours through repairs in Kara-nik chi. The Britishers. Jones and Italy is obstructing the Marseilles Waller left Karachi and are on the proceedings. The Premier design- heels of the Mollisons. The New ate, Usunovitch, asked by pressmen Zealanders, MacGregor and Walk- concerning the fate of the "now er, who take sixth place, passed definer political parties, stated Bakhdad.

that they were doomed and have... now gone down into history. These parties had been suppressed and could ever rise again, ---Tronicsson Kuo Min,

Ten other planes which are still In the race have not as yet reach ed the first control point at Bagh

Flying Officer Gilman was flying a Fairey Fox nominated by J. K. C. Baines, Southdown House, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. He had no co-pilot-and-the early message from Reuter does not state as to who was his companion..

The Mollisons went out of the race owing to machine defects.

dad. Asjea and Gey. sendorfer, the Dutch Syndicate pilots, crashed in landing at Allahabad, sustaining serious damage to their machine although they escaped injury.

Colonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn have left Singapore and are at- tempting a non-stop hop to Port Darwin in an endeavour to overtake Scott. mentier and Moll are also pursuing the leader,

In a striking interview with the Yugoslav newspaper, "Politika" General Goering declared that the new Germany knows only her own Interests and "the events of 1914 when Germany pulled chestnuts is accompanied by Clyde Pang-

out of the fire for others" will never happen again.

Goering spoke in terms of high- est praise of the extraordinary im- pressions gained at Belgrade of the Yugoslav people, her efficient. police and excellent army, and ex- pressed hope for а still closer collaboration between-the-two-he-

tions He declared he would vist! Yugoslavia again next Spring. He closed by saying that the Yugos- The American freighter Flori-lavs were an unusually honest and dian has gone ashore on n reef in respectable people.- the mouth of the Columbia River Transocean Kuo Man. and her crew of thirty men-Bre

in some danger.

From Portland, Oregon, come reports that many salmon fighting boats have been destroyed.

dian

There are no reports of serious mishaps to vessels in the Cana- ports of Vancouver and Victoria adjacent to Seattle- Reuter. *

Later The 5.3. President Madison. when out of control, crashed into three: vessels, The freighter, Har- vester, was sunk, but her 'crew of 20 was saved, while the s.s. Vr- Crushed against the ginia dock wall by the liner and sunk. Fifty passengers who were aboard scrambled to safety. It is report- ed that nine are dead as the result of the collisions.

WES

The freighter, Floridian, is now reported to be anchored safely- Ranter..

MINE EXPLOSION

Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

Press". (Copyright.)]

SILVER MARKET

From Our Own Correspondent

London, Oct. 23. London Silver prices to-day were down 1/8 for spot and 1/18 for× ward, as follow:-

Spot

Oct. 20 Oct. 22 ..23-15/16 23-13/18 Forward.........24 23-15/18 London on New York cross rate at 2 p.m. to-day was 495-1/8 com- pared with 497-1/8 at closing-on-

Saturday.

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WORLD BILLIARDS

Record Quick Score By Lindrum

Melbourne, Oct. 22: At the close of play to-day in the World Billard championship, Lindrum was leading with a score of 13,959, Davis having scored 13,-

Essen, Oct. 21. Seven miners were killed and | 342, four injured by 4. fire damp Lindrum mad a break of 1,353 explosion on Sunday in a coal and the first thousand occupied mine in Herne, in the vicinity of thirty four minutes. It was Essert.--

world's record for quick scoring. Transocean Kuo Min.

Reuter.

RECOVERY OF FRANCS

AND DOLLARS

Influenced By Gold Bloc Declaration

London, Oct. 22. als to make at the Brussels incet- The declaration of the gold bloc ing

Allahabad Oct. zz. Wireless signals were received here from Col. Roscoe Turner, who

born, saying that they had lost their direction and were seeking the aerodrome. Their machine the giant Boeing Transport, ar- rived safely later, landing at 10.28 pm GMT., and left at 11.45.

Col Roscoe Turner, after land- ing at Allahabad, sald to "Reuter" that he and his companion had a "close one."

They completely

NON-STOP TO DARWIN

Singapore, Oct. 22. C. W. A, Scott and T. Campbell Black arrived in Singapore at 10.30 p.m. They left at 11.42 p.m. for Port Darwin, intending to 53 non-stop if possible.

- Scott's plane bumped badly in landing at Singapore and nearly

overturned by a sudden change in the wind. A large crowd extend- ed a hearty welcome.

Par.

Two planes are still on French soll Four competitors, among whom are the Dutchmen, LATE M. POINCARE Astes and Geysendorfer, have withdrawn from the race. The [Special to the ""Hong Kong Daily Dutchmen's plane on landing at

Prem" (Copyright,}][/t Allahabad, was so seriously damag- ed that repairs seemed impossible.

Meta, Oct. 21. The mortal remains of M. Ray- within time.

mond Poincare were laid to rest The great race is thus develop-on Sunday in the family vault in tween Scott and Black and the of Nubecourt in the presence of ing into, an intense struggle be-the cemetery of the little village Dutch aviators. Parmentier and President Lebrun's representative Moll

as well as Ministers Tardieu, Her- The British bombing plane at riot and ex-President of the Re- Singapore crashed to the ground.

public Millerand. About 10,000 It is further learned that Col. people gathered around the ceme- Courier A.8.5 arrived at Aleppo at Australia, on Tuesday independent brated the requiem mass in the K. G. Stodart on their. AirspeedFitzmaurice plans a solo flight to tery. The Bishop of Verdum cele

FURTHER DEPARTURES Squadron Leader MacGregor and Henry Walker, on the Manawatu Aero Club entry, a Miles Hawk, arrived at Bushire at 217 a.m. GMT.

Squadron Leader Stodart and

6:40 am. G.MT.

on

of he race. Lieut. M. Hansen, owner-pilot | Traniocron Run Min.

a Desoutter Mark II arrived at Aleppo at 5.07 pm on Sunday. C. J. Melrose on his D. H. Moth. left Nicosia, at 6.45 2.m GMT.

J. D. Hewett and C. E Kay on D. H. Dragon left Baghdad at 7.32.

In describing the journey after landing in Singapore. Scott told "Reuter" that from Allahabad it was appalling. but the engine be- haved splendidly. He expected to arrive in Singapore at 3.15 am. local time, but decided to reduce speed in order to nurae the en-his gine and give him daylight for

missed Allahabad and continued beyond the aerodrome. for 200 miles. When they finally landed they thought that they had only "two teaspoonfuls of juice" left.

Clyde-Pangborn said that the gauge showed the tanks to be about empty, but the · gauge | landing-Reuter, ·· evidently was wrong for It Was found after landing that they still had a hundred gallons.

A Karachi, message stated that the British Comet, piloted" by Cathcart-Jones with his co-pilot

SCOTT REACHES DARWIN

Batavia, Oct. 22. The leader, C.WA. Scott with his companion T. Campbell Black on the British Comet, passed · Timor

am. O.M.T.

John H. Wright, owner-pilot, on Lambert Monocoupe, left Athens at 2.15 am. G.M.T.

Ariother machine to leave Athens at 3,55 am GMT. was the Fairey III piloted by Flying

Omeer C. G. Davies' and Lieut.- Comdr. H.

NEWS OF OTHERS

THE ORDER

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily

Press" (Copyright.)] -

London, Oct. 31.

village church- Transocean Kuo in..

PANTON EXPELLED

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Fress" (Jopyright.))

London, Oct. 21. The Daily Express correspondent. in Belgrade, Mr. Selkirk Pantor, has been expelled from Yugoslavia

The first seven positions in the London to Melbourne air race are as follows: the British machine piloted by Scott which left Allaha bad at 10.19 GMT, the Dutch plane Douglas D.C.2 with.Parmentier and Moll on board that started. from order of the Government, ac- Karachi at 9.10, the Dutch mach- which adds that the reason given cording to the Sunday Express ine Pander piloted by Asjes and

for the expulsion is "sensational : Geysendorfer, the American plane, untrue reports" alleged by the

the Boering transport with Turner

at the controls which took off from Yugoslav authorities to have been Flying Officer D. Gilman, Karachi at 12.55, the plane piloted sent by Fanton to his paper. The K. F. H Walker, was further de- Island at 7 am, on their attempt lone pilot on a Fairey Fox, left by Jones which left Baghdad at 12. / efforts of the British Legation fo layed in starting and eventually ed non-stop flight from Singapore. Rome at 3.55 am GMT, follow- 24, the New Zealand piane "Me Belgrade to obtain a postponement

left at 4.15 am. GMT.

MOLLISONS OUT OF THE RACE

The Mollisons left Karachi at

ed by Flight Lieut. Shaw on a British Klemm "Eagle" at 5.48 a.m. "GMT.

Port Darwin, Oct. 22 Scott arrived here at 11.08 am. GMT He stated that his engine was "seized" over the Timor Sea

Captain T. Neville Stack and 8. a half L. Turner on: Airspeed ASS also

shawk" piloted by Gregor which left Aleppo at 11.45 and the Molli- son couple who took off from Karachi at 1 o'clock but had to re- turn owing engine trouble. The

3.05 pm GMT., after being de- and he flew for two and layed by thick fog, arriving at hours on one engine. It is doubt-left Rome at 9.30 am GM.T., but | Mollisons thus no longer lead the Allahabad at 528 am. They lostful if he can effect repairs in time they are no longer competing in field: Scott and Black who are their way enroute from Karachi to conclude the race.- and landed at Jubbulpore to check | Heuter. their bearing, restarting almost immediately.

MA later Allahabad message atated that the Mollisons are out

of the race as one of the pistons had seized and a cylinder head was burned through, but they may continue Lo Australia Jater if spares are available.

Pander $4

DUTCHMEN CRASH The Dutch Syndicate machine Wright - Whirlwind piloted by D. L. Asjes. and D. J. Geydendorfer met with disaster. The machine crashed in landing at: Allahabad. The undercarriage and propellors were smashed. The pilots were not injured... -Reuter,

KLM PILOT:

Calcutta, Oct. 22, Thẹ K.LM. plota, K., D. Par-

mentier and J. J. Moll on their

Douglas DC2 Wright Cyclone ar-

PARMENTIER'S PROGRESS ·

Singapore, Oct. 22. The second machine to arrive in Singapore was the KLM. entry, Parmentler and Moll, who landed at 7.02 am GMT and left at 7.34. the weather being then re ported as stormy. They landed at Alor Star at 3.25 a.m. G.MT, to take in fuel and left at 4.07 am for Batavia, where they landed at 10.38 am GMT--- Reuter-

CHALLENGE TO ́SCÓTT.

Singapore, Oct. 22. COL Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn left Singapore at 3.27 pm GMT. They are probably flying non-stop to Port Darwin in an attempt to overtake Scott. Reuter

PURSING THE "LEADER

Baavia, Oct. 22. Parmentier and Moll are hotly

zived in Calcutte at 5.40 p.m. It pursuing the leader, Scott. They is believed that they are five few over Semarang at 12.35 p.m. hours behind the leaders, C. W. A GMT- Scott and T. Campbell BlackReuter.

The Dutch pilota left Calcutta HURRYING WITH FILMS at 6.22 p.m. They propose to land

to maintain the gold content of The Financial Times" states at every important aerodrome en currencies is responsible for re-states that should any continental route although they will be tak- covery of franes and dollars in country abandon gold it wing a longer route round the coast terme of sterling, but the setback | probably join the sterling group and hope to overtake Scott and in sterling is generally regarded which would eventually lead the as only temporary. It is pointed return of Europe to a gold stan-" out in Brussels that the agree dard under the banner of sterling ment does not provide for means The paper opines that China is of mutual assistance,

making an attempt to · · Join

The Italian note cover is now sterling in the same way as Japan, 'only a little over the statutory 40 | Argentina and Brazi, adding that per cent, owing to exports of gold the recent decrees of the Chinese In order to offset the adverse trade halance. Moreover, the movement

Government caused very violent exchange movements through ar- for devaluation appears to be tincial messures which are not gaining ground in Holland. It is conducive to satisfactory trading understood that only France

and

Belgium had any definite propon,

conditions Reuter

that the leaders are flying "all Campbell Black as they believe

out. Consequently there will be a greater strain on the Comet' en- gines Reuter

AT RANGOON

Cathcart Jones."took off from, Allahabad at 12:30 pm GMT but returned for compressor ad- justment trouble,

Squadron Leader todart ar- HL. Brook left Marsellies for rived at Baghdad. Rome,

the race.

HL Brook, owner-pilot on his Miles Falcon is still held up at Marseilles.

R. Parer and C. E. Hemsworth, who were firing for the New Guinea Centenary Flight 8ynd cate, are still held up at Le Bour- get and they have now withdrawn from the race..

of Panton's expulsion were un successful and the corresponde Transocean Kuo Min. has already left.

CAPTAIN EDEN

now leading were enthusiastically [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily cheered at Allahabad. They cover-

Press" (Copyright).] ((- ed the distance from Bagdad in 17

Oslo, Oct 21 hours, 42 minutes,

Capt. Anthony Eden, Lord Privy:

appointed over

Jimmy Mollison was keenly dis- Beal, left here on Sunday for

his involuntary London after a stay at Karachi, and he declared Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oila.--- weer's stay in

he would start on Monday morning Transocean Kue Men. and hopes to catch up. accord- ing to news from Aleppo, the Aus- tralian aviators, Wood and Bennett. have withdrawn from the race be- cause their machine was damaged. Wood was slightly injured. The British pilot, Shaw, sent a wire saying that he had made a forced landing in the Spanish Coast forty miles north east of Barcelona, Shaw later landed in Marseilles as did Brook

Col. Roscoe and Clyde" Pangborn arrived at Alor Star at 10.45 am. G.MT. and left at 11.30.

Flight Lieut. Shaw arrived at Athens at 10.68 am GMT.

Lieut. M. Hansen arrived at Baghdad at 8.44 am GMT.

Flying Omcer Davis and Lieut Comdr. Hill arrived at Nicosia at 7.30 GMT John H. Wright left Nicosia at 9.10 am GMT. Transocean Kuo Min

Squadron Leader Malcolm Mac- Gregor with his companion Henry Walker left Karachi for Jodpur at 12.30 p.m. G.MT. Reuter

POSITIONS ON MONDAY (Special to Hong Kong

Daily PressTM 15,0

(By Felagraph Copyright, Tae graphic" Massaque - Ordinance 1898. Beceived, October 18, 1.80 m.)

London, Oct. 22. The position of the great Lon- don-Melbourne air race on Mon day morning was as follows.

The Britishers. Scott and Black. were leading the field. They left 1123 GMT last night. They are Singapore which they reached

now heading for Port Darwin.

BERLIN INTEREST ISpecial to the "Hong Kong Dasy Press (Copyright;))

M. MARQUET RESIGNS

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Frem (Copyright)1

Paris, Oct. 21. The Minister of Labour, M. Marquet who together with depu- ties Renaudel and Montagnon had founded the new Socialist Party has resigned his membership from the party in consequence of the latter having presented him an ultimatum either to leave the Darty or the ministry Marquet replied that he was unable to abandon his post in the cabinet ini view of the international political. aftuation and prevailing economic

Berlin, Oct. The London to Melbourne af race is being followed here withi the keenest interest, the papers Transocean wo Min.

Splashing the news in the front page underlining in heary type both Mollisons and Scott's and Black's feats. Regret was "Express- ed over the Mollisons” misfor-

Transocean Kuo Min. tune-

RAF. BOMBER MISSING (From Our Own Correspondent)

Singapore, October 22 A Royal Air Force torpedo bom-

Bquadron Leader MacGregor lefé | Australia. The Dutchmen. Farber (not in the race) from Sing for: Jodhpur.

mentier and Moll and their three pore is missing, and Captain Neville Stack, who is pasteligers (among whom is the | have made a force not officially in the race, is plod- } German ayistrix. Then Rache) who Johore, Rangoon, October 22. ding on with the aims taken of landed at the checking points at Parmentier and Moll arrived in the start of the race for delivery Calcutta and Rangoon, and who Ringoon at 10.15 pm and took in Australia-He has arrived at are expected to reach Bingspare

snyminute. - are second:

oft at 10.47. Parmentier said that Athens. he was not trying to catch up with Scott

Reuter

Col. Roscoe Turner arrived in Americans Turner, and Pangborn, sa Hingapore.

Bester:

· Singapore

ctober

A Royal

"Who passed Allarmbad, are 'third, bad Fourth are the Mollisons who lost Peut

LONDON-MELBOURNE

AIR RACE.

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38 mteresting to note that all

Race are

supplies of • Oral- Downtonid food

pilote

restoring and

the