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TIGERS CREATE TERRORISM.

HUMAN VICTIMS TOTAL OVER FOUR HUNDRED.

SWATOW REPORTS. Further ravages by man-eating tigers in the rocky hill country between Shanghang and Wuping, just over the Fukien border from Kwangtung, are reported by the

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WOMEN'S PLACE IN ATHLETICS.

STARTLING DECISION AT AMSTERDAM.

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION REDUCES SCHEDULE:

$14 PER ANNUR "SINGLE COPY, 18 VINTA

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TERRIBLE FLYING CHINESE BANKERS ITALIAN NAVAL

ACCIDENT.

FAMOUS ITALIAN AIRMEN SERIOUSLY. INJURED.-

FERRARIN CRASHES.

TO ACT.

BIG DEPUTATION FOR NANKING.

Captain Arturo Ferrarin and TO MAKE FINANCE DEMANDS

ON KUOMINTANG.

world-

Major Del Prete, the famous Italian airmen, who estab lished the world long-distance

DISASTER.

SUBMARINE RAISED AFTER '34 HOURS". EFFORT.

ENTIRE CREW DEAD. In spite of almost frantic efforts

to rescue, the crew of the Italian aubmarine F14, who were carried down into twenty fathoms of water with the craft, when it was

TWO HOSPITAL CASES.Telegraph's Swatow correspon- BRITONS LEAD MOVE, record last month, in a magnif- CLAIMS OF COMMERCE. rammed and sunk in the Adriatic

A sensational Incident occurred yesterday on board the a.s. David C. Reid, as a result of which two

dent, who states that the victims during the past two or three years

Amsterdam, Aug. 7., are put at no fewer than four

The extent of women's partici- hundred.

Recent reports, anys our corres-pation in the Olympic Games was pondent, describe the whole dis-the subject of a lively discussion, members of the ship's crew were trict as being terrorised. The in which Lady Heath, the famous sent to the Government Civil Hos-beasts proy exclusively on human British airwoman joined, at a meet- pital and three others were detain- beings, attack in daylight, and, au ing of the International Amateur

the story goes, prefer to fall on Athletic Federation held to-day.. ed by the police...

a group of travellers in order to At the time the incident occursulect their victim.

Considering the value of a tiger red, the ship was discharging. crude oil, at the A.P.C. Wharf at North Point. Certain members of the crew got out of hand, and, in an attempt to control them, the master (Captain Krishjan) was compelled to make use of his re- volver, discharging, it is believed, two or three shots.

Was

Eventu. Modified.

that

The feeling was strongly ex- pressed that it was not desirable for, women to undertake such to his capters, the fact that this strenuous competition, and a pre-

put forward group of animals is allowed poral Immunity from attack, shows the women's events should be com- fear they have Inspired in their pletely eliminated. hunting grounds. It is said that! to hunt them is difficult, for they

After a spirited discussion, in cover a very wide area' some. hun- dred and eighty miles in extent.

the course of whileh Lady Heath A dend tiger is said to be worth made a dramatic appeal for the re- From first-handed information, as much as $800 to a Chinese tention of all the women's events, gathered by a Telegraph reporter, is benes are ground down to the 1.A.A.F. decided by sixteen make. valuable medicine which votes to six to sanction six events gives strength and courage to for women. in future Olympiads, those who eat it; his heart and Jiver likewise are sold for medi- cines; and, of course, the skin 181 valuable. But no-one so far has

attack organised A

these beasts whose victims are now put as high as four hundred.

it is learned that the David C. Recd salled from Mobile, Alabama, to San Pedro, where a cargo of oil was loaded for Hongkong..

Money Wanted,

The voyage occupied fifty-four days and when the crow arrived at Hongkong yesterday morning, they asked the Captain for their pay with which to get ashore.

The Captain is alleged to have replied that he could not get any money for the crew, is the agents had not made, any allowance for them.

Some of the crew, it is said, were not quite sober when the demand was made on the Captain, and it is alleged that the quarrel first started botween the boatswain and the Captain.

Shots Fired.

on

SPANISH PESETA

GAMBLING.

HUGE FOREIGN BANK COMBINE! TO AID SPAIN,

EXTENSIVE CREDITS.

Madrid, Aug. 7. High words were used and thicae

The Ministry of Finance official- were followed by blows, whereupon the Captain, realising the attitudely announces to-day that the lead-) of certain members of the crew, drew his revolver and fired, three shots.

ing bankers of London and New York have agreed to extend very considerable credits to the Bank of Spafy with a view to facilitating the control of currency exchange.

Full details are not divulged but big effort is to be made, to stabilise the Spanish, pescia.

Whether the aliois actually hit anybody is not yet quite clear. Some of the crew were, however, - later soon to be bleeding from in-a

juries. The Capiala later left his ship to avoid further trouble' and a fow members of the ship made as if to chase him, but they did not actually do so.

The police were communicated with and the Captain Superinten- --dent, the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., and a number of officers from the Emergency Squad, quick- ly left for the scone. A police launch was also dispatched from the Water Police Station,, The anxiety on the part of the police was somewhat increased by the fact that the first report to reach them stated that some-one on board the steamer had been shot dead.

Armed Guard.

1.

Del Prete.

The demands will include:

The unification of the No-

tional finances; The disbandment of all troops with the exception of a certain number for an tlonal defence;

The establishment at the carliest possible, moment of a national budget and The exercise of tariff auto-

crew.

after 34 hours submeralon.

CRICKET ARDOUR DAMPENED.

ANGE [ONLY ONE OUTRIGHT VICTORY.

CAMBRIDGE BLUES MAKING COUNTY HUNDREDS.

When the conning tower was match, renched three figures, opened, however, it was found K. S. Duleepsinhjl for Sussex, that the entire crew of thirty-one E. T. Killick for Middlesex,, and WAS dend, all having been F. J. Seabrook, the Cambridge

skipper, for Gloucester. nephxdated."

off Brioni Island on Monday, RAIN AT MANCHESTER. cent non-stop fight of 4,850 miles

news received from Rome this Shanghai, Aug. 8. from Rome to Pernambuco, have

Britain's summer has returned About a hundred Chinese mer-morning is to the effect that the been seriously in-

to normal, Judging by the experi jured in an aero-chants and bankers, representing entire crow is dead.

At one time it was thought;]ence of county cricket in the last plane crash at the Shanghai, Nantão nnd Chapel Rio de Janeiro, Chambers of Commerce, the Bank-possible that the rescue operations three days.. Only one match was Since theirers' Association, and about sixty might succeed, an carly Reuter's brought to a definite conclusion, memorable feat, Guilds, the party being headed by message stating that the destroy- Kent taking the Somerset wickets Aquila

had succeeded in cheaply and winning by an fa the Italian Mr. Yu Yah-ching, is leaving for er aviators have Nanking this week to place cer- installing a tube to supply air tonings and 14 runs.

Fifth the submarine and in fastening

The most attractive match on been in Brazil, lain demands before the where they have Plenary Session of the Kuomin- a steel cable to the bull. It was the schedule, the war of the Roses, also stated that communication was brought to an end by Incle been. feted in lang.

was being maintained with the ment weather, Lancashire having honour of the

failed to complete an Innings in triumph, .and

This morning'a Reuter's mess-reply to n Yorkshire total of 352. have apparently been giving fly

age from Rome, however, states Sutcliffe and Watson made bund- Ing demonstra-

that as the result of frantic and reds.

it is notable that tións. They went

three unremitting toil, salvagera man- aged to raise the submarine F14 Cambridge Blues, all of whom up in An nero-

played in this year's Varsity plane yesterday. and after a short Sight, something suddenly went wrong with the plane, which crashed in sight of hundreds of people, both being taken out of the wracked ma- chine, torribly Injured.

Full details nut yot available, but Reuter's corres pondent at Rio de Janeiro.. states in a brief massage received this morning, that Captain Was Ferrarin London, Aug. 7. Good progress has been made with the negotiations at

·Shanghat between the British and Chinese Nationalist au- thorities for a settlement of the Nanking Incident, when, dur- In occupation by Southern Chinese troops, the British Consulate was attacked.

THE NANKING INCIDENT NEGOTIATIONS.

Good Progress Being Made at Shanghai.

AGREEMENT IN SIGHT.

Agreement is now believed to be within sight-British Wire- Icas.

A Reuter's message says it is understood that terms have been arrived at, and that it is now merely a question of put- ting signatures to the docu- ment, after which the text of the agreement will be publish- et

The scheme is backed by a London syndicate, headed by the Midland Bank, and which includes three others of the "Big Five" namely, Barclay's, Lloyd's and the the Hundred Metres Flat, the Four Hundred Metres Relay, the High Westminster Banks.

The New York group which is par- Jump, the Discus Throw, ticipating, has been organised by Javelin Throw, and the Eighty Morgan's, and comprises the lead- Metres Hurdles. ing United States banks,

The Federation, however, re-i

the

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Hifted uut of the smashed plana with both legs broken, while his companion, Del

Ferrarin.

Prete has also been taken to hospital, suffering from a fractured jaw and covere injury to his neck.

The injured airmen are not only the helders of the world's long- distance flying records, but some weeks before their triumphant flight, they set up a duration re- cord in Italy, by flying for 58 hours 42 minutes without descent.

nomy.

It la understood that this most

GALERIEZTÁBAN ÉN HET AANGAAN BERAT

BIG BLAZE OCCURS IN SINGAPORE.

Huge Packing Store Completely Destroyed,

MANY LAKHIS DAMAGE.

Singapore, Aug, 8.

A fire has completely des- troyed a huge packing store distributing centre for shoes, rubber products, etc., owned by the well-known Chinese millionaire, Tan Kah-kee.

It is estimated that the damage totals many hundred thousand dollars,

There were no fatalities. Reuter.

KOSKARSUND UNDERVISA

The submarine was sunk by coming to the surface under the bows of the Italian destroyer Missori, the atern being badly damaged, and causing it to sink Immediately.

NOBILE AND ITALIA EXPEDITION.

GREAT SCIENTIFIC RESULTS CLAIMED.

INTERVIEW AT ROME.

Rome, Aug 7. General Nobile, the loader of the -fated Polar expedition of the Italian dirigible "Italia", in an in- terview with Press representatives. at Rome to-day, declared that the expedition had great scientifle re- sults of definite value.

All the material collected on the Arst fight to the Pole had been

unusual step is being taken owing saved. Both records were accomplished to the fact that whereas the

He mentioned that the scientista

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Five centuries wore obtained at Brighton, where Middlesex won first innings points in spite of Sussex's colossal score of 400,

Fairly high scoring obtained in the majority of games, in spite of the wet weather.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Kent defeated Somerset by an

inalngs and 14 runs. Notta won on the first innings,

v. Surrey,

21

Warwick beat Derbyshire on the

first innings.

Gloucester gained first Innings

pointa v. Hante. Leicester won 00 the Brst innings, v. Northants. Middlesex won on the first

innings, v. Sussex; Essex defeated Worcester on the

first innings.

Lancashire V.

Yorkshire.

Match drawn. West Indies V. Glamorgan.

Match drawn.

FOURTEEN CENTURIES.

The principal Individual per- formances are as follows:

Batting.

in the same machine, the Savola students, labourers and militarists on board the "Italia" anally suc 64, a monoplane which has its are full represented in the Central ceeded in calculating the horizon- engine mounted on top of the Executive Committee of the Kuotal component of the magnetic Hondron (Middlesex) plane, instead of being fitted in the mintang, the same cannot be said Gold. usual place in the fuselage.

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FOREIGN SECRETARY ORDERED TO REST.

HIS STEAD.

The Spanish Finance Mlaistry jeeted by fourteen votes to eight, LORD CUSHENDUN TO ACT IN | states that the Committee for the the Eight Hundred Metres, Two control of Exchange, created by the fundrod Metres, Long Jump, and

Shot-putting. decree of June 25th, 1928, solicited this assistance from abroad with a view to checking International speculation in the pesetn.-Reuter,

CAPTAIN COURTNEY'S

MACHINE.

On arrival, the police found that the fracas had alrendy subsided, and after carefully surveying the position they took three of the crew into custody and sent two injured men to the Government PICKED UP DERELICT IN THE

Civil Hospital. One of the men was

ATLANTIC.

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London, Aug. 7.

about commerce

and Industry, which are wholly unrepresented.

The move will have the effect of backing up Mr. T. V. Soong's efforts to have the country's in- ances unified-Reuter.

Fifth Plenary Conference.

Russell (Essex) Professor, Malmgren's note-book E. T. Killick (Middlesex) had been found intact amid the Whysall (Notts)... wreckage of the gondola, and it had R. K. Nunes (West Indies) been found that his notes were de Sutcliffe (Yorkshire)

K. S. Duleepsinhji (Sussex) cipherable.

Bowley (Sussex)

(Hants)

Ke W.C

G. (Warwick) Parsons (Warwick) Watson (Lancashire) P.J. Seabrook (Gloucester)

All photographic material of the expedition preceding that which met with disaster was safe, but he was afraid that all the pictures Canton, Aug..7. taken on the last voyage of the -According to a wireless message "Italia" had been destroyed, with Tate (Sussex) received here this afternoon from the exception of one or two which Hobbs (Surrey) Nanking, the second preliminary showed a member of the crew

GREEK BANDITS SET MINISTER FREE.

ard *Not Out.

Ryan (Glamorgan) 1C, S. Marriott (Kent)

J. A. Small (W. Indios)

168

153

140

120

127*

126

1170

115

114

110

107

102

93.

85*

Bowling.

7 for 02 B for 44 5 for 62

BOWLING MASTERED.

It is officially announced that meeting of the Fifth Plenary has throwing down the Milanese dag Winning Country Leads. Curiously enough, the opposition Lord Cushendun has been appoint-opened, being attended by 20 at the North Pole.-Reuter.

[visory Committee members. Ad- to retention of the women's events od acting Secretary of State for Central Executive and eight Super- was led by Canada, who had done Foreign Affairs in the temporary miral Yang Shu-chwang, who is a absence of Sir Auston Chamber- so well in this year's Olympiad to win, acoring 34 points in the lain, who, as the result of his non-Committee member, was also reault illness, has been ordered a present at the meeting, which was women's events

against

complete rest before resuming his presided over by Mr. Yu Yu-jen.

MOVE TO EXPEDITE, THE At the meeting it was decided America's 28,

to elect Messra. Tan Yen-kai, Yu

RANSOMS.. Canada was strongly supported official duties.

Lord Cushendun will replace Sir Yu-jen, Tai Chi-tau, Ting Wei by the delegates from Great Bri,

Austen Chamberlain as chief feng and Marshal Chiang Kais-bek

Athens, Aug. 7. Five Centuries in Match at tain and Ireland,

In order to expedite the payment

Brighton. Dr. (Frau) Bergmann, the British representative at meetings to form the Committee of chair- injured in the temple and the other!

of. the ransoms demanded, the

earned on the knee.--

A wireless menange from the Examining Physician of the Ber- of the Assembly of the Council of men for the coming Conference,

Owing to the holding of the pre-bandits operating in the Janina Middlesex thoroughly As an additional precaution, an

Three at Brighton.. armed guard was left on board the Italian steamer "Valprati" on its in women athletes, claimed from the League of Nations,--Reuter,

to the Peerage meeting of the Nanking National former Under Secretary of the Sussex

Sussex batsmen reached thres boat and the police launch also stood way from- Algeria-to-Nova Scotia, her experience that women's par Lord Cushendun, who before his liminary session, the ordinary area have released M. Melonas, the their first innings points against

Ronald MeNeill, Council, which was scheduled to Finance Ministry. announced that the vessel has ticipation in competitive athletics elevation

Mr. WAB

formerly Under-Secre ait to-day, has been postponed.

The brigands demand; 11,000,000 figures, and Middlesex went, in picked up Captain Courtney's was not injurious to health,

The Foderaton, however, gen waa

drachmaes for the release of M. facing the uphill task of scoring The official police report of the Dornier Napier flying-bont, which erally agreed that cortain ovents tary for Foreign Affairs and

“Leftist". Indignant.

Meias and M. Girak.

497 to secure major points, with affair states that Captain Arthur was abandoned in the Atlantic last infileted too serious a strain, and has recently represented Britain at W. Kriabjan, master of the sweek:

rain threatening and sometimes David C. Reed, lying alongside the The machine came down and modified the list of events as in-the League of Nations.

interfering.

by.

Now York, Aug. 7.

dicated.

A.P.O, Wharf at North Point, re-burst into flames, the occupanta ported to the police at 4.55 p.m. being rescued by thora.s. Minne- World Records Recognised. yesterday that some of his crow waska seme hours later. Evident- had assaulted hire and chased lifmly, the craft remained aflott for

In regard to new recorda aut up

off his ship, threatening to blow four days after the decision to during the Games, the Federation up the vessel. Three men, were abandon it.-Router. dotained and two sent to hospital.

The Injured Men.

MORE RAIN.

The names of the two men sent! to hospital, according to the police report, are Hans List Hanson, 30

To-day's Observatory report years of ago, and Raymond states:--Pressure is high to the Jeoffrion, 23 years. They were N.E. of Japan. A trough of low described as suffering from in-

extends from South Juries, caused by being assaulted China to the East of Bonins. The on board the shly. It is learned forecast up to noon to-morrow is:- that Hanson is a carpenter ons. W. winds, modernte; fair at first

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some rain later.

pressure

docided to recognise four "new! world records, Tho new, world records accopted are?

A MARK OF ORIGIN FOR TEA?

·PROBLEM REFERRED. TO COMMITTEE.

A

4,400 Meires Relay: America. Time: 8 mina. 14 1/5th

London, Aug. 7. Beconds..

The Board of Trade has referred Putting the Shot: John Kuck

(U.S.A.) Distance: 52 feet, to the Standing Committee, an ap plication for an Order-in-Council to 0 11/18th inches. 119 Metres High Hurdles G. E. require marking as an indication of

Weightman-Smith (South the origin of imported tea, Africa) Time: 14.3/5th seconds,

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The Committee will consider whether tea should be marked on sale, on exposure for sale, or on ImportationReuter!

Shanghat, Aug. 7.

M. Molonas was released in a It appears that Mr. Kod Mong-yu, forest many miles from Janina a well-known C.EC, member of the which he reached only after the "Left" wing, will not attend the greatest difficulty over terribly Fifth Plenary Session, for, inter-rough country-Reuter. e viewed here by the Chinese Press,

he is quoted as saying that as all

DOCK.

The Lord's team secured the runs for the loss of seven wickets thanks to magnificent efforts by E. T. Killick, the Cambridge Blue. and Hendron. Incidentally, another Cambridge Blue, K. B. Duleopsinhji scored a contury for the other side. The scores word:

laesex: 490,

Kuomintang Committee members SINGAPORE FLOATING are invited, it will be most unrea sonable for any political faction to protest against the attendance of members of the "Left" wing. SAFELY THROUGH THE SUEZ Middlesex; 497 for 7 wickets. CANAL. Danish Minister Entertained.

Sussex battod first on winning. ...Shanghal, Aug. 7.

Suez, Aug. 3. the foss, and once having taken To-morrow the Nanking Foreign

The Singapore floating dock, the edge off the Middlesex attack Ministry is to give a party in having successfully negotiated the a high scoring rato was maintained. Bowley batted steadily for 122, honour of the Danish Minister, who is expected in Nanking Canal, has arrived here.

The towage to Singapore will but Tate hit away merrily scoring- to-day,

commence almost immediately boundary after boundary in

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