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NAVAL STRENGTH} HUNT FOR GAOL

IN FAR EAST

Units Available To Form A Fleet

FUGITIVES

Men From America's "Devil's Island”

R.A.F. TAKING OVER NEW 300 M.P.H. AIRPLANES

Hawker-Hurricane single-seater fighters capable of speeds in excess of 300 m.p.h. are now going into service. in the squadrons at the Royal Air Force. states William The two desperadoes who re-Courtenay, the "Evening Stand, a recent issue of "The Daily Telecently got away from the presum-ard's" air correspondent. graph and Morning Post."

The following letter appeared in

ed · escape-proof prison on Al- catraz Island, America's ́"Devil's

Island," in San Francisco Bay. have not been found. They are Ralph Roe, who was serving a 99 years' sentence for robbery, and Theodore Cole, who had been sen- tenced to 50 years' imprisonment for kidnapping.

Sir-There appears to be a wide- spread impression at home and abroad that in no circumstances should we be able to defend our interests in the Far East against an aggressor Power of major rank. This impression, the mischievous consequences, of which are becom~, ing obvious, is, I believe, entirely Although the authorities have no false, and it is characterised as clues, it is believed that the men such by a number of naval officers must have been drowned in the who have been consulted.

swift currents that sweep around They are satisfied that in the the rock. Pending the discovery of event of an emergency the follow-the bodies, however, or other traces, ing forces could be despatched to

It is possible that they may have the Pacife without danger to the established a precedent as being security of other stations; From the first men to escape from the the Home Fleet;

gloomy pile which the Government built to harbour its most vicious convicts,

Battleships Rodney, 33,900 tons, 23 knots, nine 18in guns, and two of the Royal Sovereign class, 29,150 tons. 23 knots, eight 15 guns.

From the Mediterranean: Battle-cruisers Hood, 42.100 tons. 31 knots, elght 15in guns, and Re-" pulse, 32,000 tona, 31 knots, six 15in guns."

From the Africa station;

AL CAPONE A PRISONER

Al Capone and "Machine-Gun" Kelly are among the prisoners on

the island.

This low-wing streamlined mono- plane has passed all its tests.

Hawkers have a very big produc- tion order and have accelerated output to enable a non-stop now of the aircraft to reach the RAF

his year.

Another #300 m.ph. plus", fighter, the Vickers Supermarine Spitare. will be ready for quantity delivery shortly.

This is the world's fastest 'mill- tary aircraft.

THREATS TO SOUTH AFRICAN PREMIER

The Union Prime Minister. Gen. Hertzog, gave evidence recently before the magistrate at Witbank, Transvaal, against two young

native labourers employed on his farm.

They were charged with threatening to assault him and When the men escaped, visiblity, | with assaulting other natives. was not more than a few feet. They They were fined £6 each, with the broke through a window, burst alternative of three months' im-

Cruiser Neptune 7,000 tons, 231 lock on a high wire fence and then, knots, eight 6in guns,

apparently, leaped into the mürky water round the rocky promontory on which the prison is built.

Officials of the prison maintained boat strict censorship. One carrying reporters that tried to approach the island was fired on by guards from the walls.

From the North America station: Cruisers York and Exeter, 8.250 tons, 32 knots, six Bin guns, and Apollo, 7.000 tous (similar to Neptune,.

From the East Indies:

Cruisers Emerald and Enterprise,

7,350 tons, 33 knots, seven Bin-guns.

From Australja:

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prisonment.

Like the Hurricane, it is a single- seater low-wing monoplane of high streamlined design. Both the Figh- tėrs are powered with a single Rolls-Royce liquid-cooled motor yielding up to 1050 hp.

ENCLOSED COCKPIT

The pliot's cookpit in the Kur- ricane is totally enclosed. This is an innovation for a Fighter.

Gradually all RAF. aircraft are becoming totally-enclosed cockpit types.

A specially tuned Spitfire is like- ly to be prepared to attack the world landspeed record this year. At present it stands to the credit of Germany at 379 m.p.h.

The world's speed record is held by Italy-440 m.p.h. with a sea- plane.

WOMAN SOLICITOR'S PLEA FOR MAN

A woman solleitor, "Miss F. WIL- son Strange, ofe Bournemouth de- fending a young man charged at Winchester, sald that ne bad yielded to the persuasions of a

young woman deeply attached.

"It is a thing which a better man than you might have done " she added.

to whom he was

In a plex to the Bench not to send him to prison in the crisis The Premier and his son Mr.

of his life," Miss Strange described Charles. Hertzog. had interveneder cilent, Richard Dennigan, of when the two labourers interfered regenwell-road, Bournemouth, as with the other natives. One of the

"the very weakest type of man.' H accused men became threatening. He was, she said, making a great whereupon Gen. Hertzog dealt him

effort to go straight. a sharp blow on the shoulder with į a walking-stick,

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Both convicts are known as dès- As he moved away the native perate characters. and warrings shouted: "On Dingaan's Day you Craisers Canberra and Australia, have been given to all search par-will die. We will kill you."* Gen 10,000 tons. 311⁄2 knots, eight. Binties to go fully armed and prepar- Hertzog then attempted to strike guns, and Sydney, 7,000 tons ed for trouble.

(similar to Neptune).

• From New Zealand:

Cruisers Achilles and Leander, 7,000 tons (similar to Neptune).

Added to the vessels already serv- ing in China these reinforcements would bring our Fleet in the Pacific to the following strength:

5 capital ships, mounting 48 heavy guns.

7 large cruisers with Bin guns.

9 light cruisers.

1 criser ginelayer.

1 large aircraft carrier.

9 destroyers.

15 modern submarines.

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the other labourer, but failed to do so.

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'He was a better swordsman than I was." said the Premier in his evidence, and warded the blow off with a hide shield."

WERE LEAVING

A number of six-wheeled oli-SCENE AS FILM STARS engined vehicles with convertible semi-trailers for transporting min- ing machinery have recently been shipped to the Gold Coast, by Measts. Thornycroft. At the out- Bet it was desired to carry in

Dennigah, who WIS charged with driving à car while, disquall- fled from holding a licence, plead- ed guilty.

He became involved in a collison with another car at Michel- dever on the London-Basingstoke- read on Oct. 23. He had been disqualified for three months at Southampton in September for driving an uninsured motor-car.

Dennigan, who was stated to have previous convictions, includ- ing one of pedal servitude, was sentenced to three months' - im- prisonment for driving while dis- qualified, and his driving licence ||was suspended for five years for

driving while uninsured.

The wife of 1. former M.P. at Marylebone successfully sued County Court recently for damares MUSICAL ENVOY

for injuries received during a

scene at Charing Cross Station.

EXTRAORDINARY

Mr. Joy Shipwright, of Broad- The honour conferred by the walk-court, The Mall, was awarded King recently on Baron Francken- £20 general damages, £2 5steln the Austrian Minister, is special damages and costs, against something more than a salute to a Lt. Cmdr. Hugh Longden, publicity distinguished foreign diplomat. agent, of Mount Royal. W

Mrs. Shipwright said that she

divisible loads of 10 tons. ånd, de- spite the maximum axle weight It is considered that a fleet of permitted being only 34 tong it was found possible to keep within this composition, based on Sings-that figure by using a 4-wheeled pare, would be able to put up a

bogie semi-trailer. stout resistance to any aggressor,

Further, in view of the special and probably render an attack' on

work for which these outfits were Hong Kong abortive-provided, of course, that reinforcements arrived required. the semi-trailers were in good time.

designed to be easily convertible, Should the crisis be prolonged to 4-wheeled trailers to carry a to see off Miss Anna. Lee and Mr.

load of six tons. the only extra further powerful reinforcements

parts needed for the conversion could be despatched in the near

being the drawbar, two brake rods, future, thanks to the many new

and blank unions for cutting two vessel coming forward under the

of, the brake servo cylinders out rearmament programme.

of action..

It is not suggested a fleet consti-

Strongly constructed throughout tuted as aboye could hope to win

for heavy work, the bodywork in- in a general action with the full battle feet of a first-class Power. corporates an cak door covered But as long as it remained with 10-gauge sheet steel, with a being it would exert a strategical steel headboard and detachable influence out of proportion to its bolster. It is possible to convert actual strength, and its existence the complete semi-trailer to

trailer in about three hours. would probably deter the aggressor 1rom undertaking any important overseas operation.

went to the station on Sept 30 Robert Stevenson. Later she had a bang in the back and was thrown forward into the arms of another

woman. She had to have treat- ment for injuries to her "spine

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Christopher John · Ware. а Press photographer, said that he took a picture as the train was leaving and Longden then that he did not know his job..

Longden called him an offensive name and hit him.

The Victorian Order is peculiar- ly the Sovereign's own' order, and is bestowed for personal services to

the Royal famliy.

Ever since pre-War days, when he was Counsellor at the Austro- Hungarian Embassy, Baron Franc- kenstein has been on the most friendly terms with the Royal family..

Or four separate daya. Queen Mary, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Royal paid private calls at the Legation.

The Minister is habitually the guest of the Princess Royal and Lord Harewood for the Leeds

Capt. Denis Shipwright, a former Musical Festival. M.P. and nów an executive of It has been his untiring work Gaumont British, said he saw Long-for den atrike Ware in the face.

"Ware. fell on his back, açatter-

Further, thanks to the new base FLYING MADE SAFER ing my wife and the rest of us,"

at Singapore and the many other friendly anchorages in the south- western area of the Pacific at its disposal, the British Fleet would njoy exceptional strategical mobi- lity, and its operations need by no means be confined to the de- fensive-even if it were fighting single-handed.

These facts, I suggest, suffice to explode the myth of British im- potence in the Far East. It has gained almost world-wide gurrency and may well prove a dennite menace to peace.-Yours, &c..

NAUTICUS.

London, Dec. 18.

FROM PETROL TO OIL

Asbestos suits for 118€ when rescuing the crew of service air- craft which may take fire when a

crash occurs, have been ordered from Bell's Asbestos & Engineering Supplies, Ltd., of Blough, by the Australian and South African Air

Forces.

A few months ago the British Air Ministry placed an order for nearly 200, of these sults with this firm.

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Eari Paulett stated that Ware'e remarks in complaining to Long- den that he had not a chance to take photographs were "very nasty," Longden seemed to push Ware, who overbalanced, collapsed and "faded away." He did not see any woman struck.

closer cultural and artistic relations between the two coun-

bas tries which

made Baron Franckenstein's rule in Belgrave- - square so notable.

8 Francis Goodenough has re- signed the office of chairman of the British Association for Com- mercial and Industrial Education, which he has held since 1932, and Las been elected Honorary Presl- dent of the Association.

THE SOUND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIESEL

When flying is in progress at an RAF. aerodrome in Britain, two of the airmen detailed for duty with the fire tendez ́wear the lower

It would, perhaps, be true to say puts made better. Maintenance of portion of these asbestos suits as that during the past two years or the engine has been improved by a precautionary measure. In the so the development of Diesel en- such detall matters as attention to event of a crash they quickly slip gines lui Britain has been centred water pump glands, and the op- on the top portion, and are then

able to work for as long as two or more upon improving existing deportunity has been taken to in- three minutes in heat of great signs rather than on introducing corporate new high-grade steels for the valves. Further, research Intensity With this equipment, new and unconventional types. has led to a new method of crank- For the Arst time Leyland oil therefore, the chances of rescuing The same, too, might be said of ease breathing, which has had the engines, instead of, petrol engines, a crew from a burning aircraft are injection equipment, where pro-effect of actually reducing the con- gress has been made in improving sumption of lubricating oil. The have been specified for the rail-greatly increased.

both design and manufacturing general result is to give still way traction units just ordered by

In the past R.A.F.” stations have methods. : the New South Wales Railways

greater economy of operation sad. been supplied with un asbestos trom Leyland Motors, Ltd. The

To take an actual example, the longer service between over-hauls. two new 10-tre oil-engined units helmet and pair of gloves for use

basic design of the Victor "Cub"

It is as well that these things will be interchangeable, as far as in emergency, but the new equip Diesel engine, made in Coventry, should be mentioned, for it is not is practicable, with the petrol-ment has been proved by official has in no way been altered, though always fully realised that ceaseless engined units now in service, and test to be much more efficient.

i refinements of detail have been activity is going on in the test

considerable." Steady also with the eight unite now in

experiment room and laboratory. It is this. transit to the railways.''

has led to an alteration in the fuel work "behind the scenes", that is Previously, N.B.W. Railways have which will have two drivers' pump plunger diameters and to largely responsible for the enviable operated bogie: cam euch fitted columns, so that it will be possible the bore of the fuel pressure reputation for endency, re- with two Leyland engines; the new units, however, will be Incorporat ed in single-engined cars, each of

to couple, the cars in any order to piping, with the result that Idling liability and economy enjoyed by form a train and control them has been greatly improved, fuel British Diesel engines in the. from any point.

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