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CUNARD'S GIANT |LADY'S FLIGHT TO

NEW LINER.

NO DIFFICULTIES IN INSURANCE.

SPECIAL DRY DOCK MAY BE REQUIRED.

OFFICIAL DENIAL.

London, Sept. 21. The Cunard Company have is sued a statement declaring that they have no knowledge of any insurance difficulties having ari- sen in regard to the projected

giant liner to be constructed for them by John Brown & Co. of Clydebank.

FAR EAST.

MRS VICTOR BRUCE STARTING THIS WEEK.

CALLS, AT HONGKONG.

It is now confirmed that the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce is to start. out this week on a flight from) England to Japan. She hopes tol do the 11,000-mile trip in fifteen days. Her itinerary includes Hongkong.

are given in the following mess- Details of the proposed flight

age which came to hand this morning:

London, Sept. 21.

The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, will-known, British woman not racer and traveller, has recent taken to the air and intends to start on an ambitions aeroplane

ip this week.

MANILA PRISON THE FLIGHT FROM

SENSATION.

NOTORIOUS CONVICT SHOT DEAD.

OVER TWENTY MAKE DASH

FOR FREEDOM.

Emiliano murderer

SILVER.

NETHERLANDS MAY USE

NICKEL COINS.

A BANKER'S VIEWS.

In their weekly bullion letter: dated August 20th, Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co. state:

HARBOUR PLAN FOR HAINAN.

SURVEY OF HOIHOW UNDERTAKEN.

SOME ADVANTAGES AND MANY DRAWBACKS.

AN OFFICIAL STUDY.

At the request of the Com-

com-

DUNLOP

FORT

LOCAL BRANCH.

INTERPORT MATCH AT HANKOW.

VISIT BY CRICKETERS FROM SHANGHAI.

TWO DAYS' PLAY.

Hankow, Sept. 20. There was an ideal wicket and sunny weather to-day, when the Interport cricket match between Hankow and Shanghai opened.

Going in to bal first, the home 243. Shanghai followed, and at side compiled the useful total of the close, of play had scored 105 runs for the load of five wickets, The match is being resumed to- morrow.

Hankow, Sept. 21. On the resumption' of the Inter- port match here to-day, Shanghai

the last wicket fell, went on to score 240, just three short of Hankow's total, before

nings, Hankow did not do so well this time, being all out for only 158 runs.

have a brief knock, and

There was time for Shanghai to

Going in for their second in-

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when

Poddar Mis

MANCHURIANS · IN CONTROL.

NOW OCCUPY PEKING & TIENTSIN.

PEACEFUL TURN-OVER OF TWO CITIES.

CHANGES EXPECTED.

Peking, Sept. 21.

at Langing to-day and sent dele- A Manchurian regiment arrived

gates to arrange for the uanding over of Peking. The regiment is expected to march in early on Monday morning, followed by other troops.-Reuter."

Arrival at Tientsin.

Tientsin, Sept. 21.

Man-

It is learned that the

thousand miles distant in fifteen She hopes to reach Takyo, eleven days, beginning with a non-stop night to Budapest of 920 miles and continuing via Stamboul, Bagdad, effects of a bullet wound received Abad died instantly from the Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, in the back. The bullet was fired Hanoi, China, Hongkong. Amoy, by Manuel Nuval, a Bilibid guard. sible substitution of the larger harbour problem, investigations stumps were drawn the visitors Mukden Army Corps, under the Shanghai and, then across

who finally earnered the fleeing Japan.

Except for the last stage. the Caro Service Station

prisoner in a garage of the Jose оп Calle route lies over land practically all Azcarraga, a distance of the way. She will use a Black-than 200 meters from Bilibid. burn machine of standard pattern except for an extra petrol tank." --British Wireless,

to

The Cunard Company say they have not yet begun to place any insurance on this new ship, that the terms of contract have still to be settled with the buil ders, and that dry docking ar rangements at Southampton are↑ still under amicable discussion.

It is understood that the new| liner, which will exceed in speed, and size, may other ship afloat, will probably require a special dr dock to be constructed or adapt ed for her This construction or extension of an existing dock could, of course, he undertaken while she is building. Insurance on such a huge vessel would na- turally involve a great sum, but a PARACHUTIST KILLED few weeks ago an announcement,| was made that the Board of Trade | would undertake. at reasonable rates, any proportion of the in- (surance of the vessel which could not be accommodated by the mar- ket in the ordinary manner.

more

Boldest Dash From Bilibid.

The following extract. taken FOOT CHAINS CUT,

from the speech of M. Vissering. the President of the Netherlands. Bank. at the annual meeting of Manila, Sept. 17.

that Bank, hints at the possibility

A very interesting summary Abad, notorious of yet another step in the "light of plans for a harbour develop and hold-up

man from silver" which has been more ment scheme in Hoihow is given serving a prison sentence of or less continuous since the in the tenth annual report, just

extraordinary more than 33 years, was shot to period of

high issued of the Kwangtung River death by a prison guard, while prices obtaining just after the Conservancy Commission. The another escaping prisoner was Holland was one of the first coun- the latter part of last year.

war. It will be remembered that survey covers the period up to captured by a motorcycle poliestries to reduce their silver man in a sensational gaol-break coinage, a Bill to this end being at Bilibid Prison at o'clock introduced by the Netherlands missioner of Reconstruction for 25 prisoners attempted a dash and becoming effective the followmenced investigations regarding yesterday afternoon in which Government as far back as 1919 Kwangtung, the Board for freedom.

ing year:

For the Netherlands and the the construction of a harbour at in the price of silver is especially place in Hainan Island. Simul- Netherlands East Indies the fall Hoihow or at any other suitable of importance in view of the pos.taneously with the study of the silver coins by nickel media of have been made payment. For, on the one hand, possibility of the immediate as to the that fall causes the value of the improvement of the facilities for guarantee, which, according to some, the present coins represent the interchange of cargo between for the holder in view of their Hoihow and ships anchored in higher metallic value. constantly the roadstead. Santiago Rubi, 21-year old to diminish, while on the other The investigations, which include prisoner with a sentence of 56 hand, the more the price of silver a comprehensive survey, were years for robbery, was captured falls the greater will be the loss carried on from the beginning of in a vacant lot more than 300 of the Government should the March to the middle of April. At meters from Bilibid by Sergeant silver coins be eventually con- this time the Board's Engineer was Amado Cruz. motorcycle traffic verted into nickel."

recalled to Canton for other presa- policeman, who happened to be According to the annual reporting work, and the survey was tem- passing along. Rubi was taken of the Netherlands Bank the stock porarily suspended. It was again back to Bilibid and was locked in of silver and subsidiary coin held taken up on August 18, 1929, and is solitary confinement, with his by both the Netherlands Bank and still being carried on. In the mean- hands and feet heavily cuffed.

the Bank of Java' the beginning time the Engineer-in-Chief suh A formal agreement was, it was:

Evere, Sept. 21. The unsuccessful dash for free of this year was F1. 51.085.000, amitted preliminary report on his added. In process of being draft-

a tragedy in this dom was declared yesterday by small proportion of which is findings, which report in the main, ed, and would be attached to a Belgian town when a parachutist prison officials to be the boldest presumably in smaller coins, for contains the following. Bill to be submitted to Parliament named Stracheysky was killed in and most sensational ever staged which nickel is already used. in the forthcoming ssion.--a spectacular drop from 3,000 feet at Bilibid. It was recalled yester before a large crowd during a day that never in the history of air display.

the insular penitentiary had a Stracheysky had three paragroup of prisoners attempted to A recent comment in the Loachutes strapped to his body when make their get-away in broad day- don press stated that thanks to jumped from the machine. Height and in the presence the Government's decision

fell a few hundred feet and then guarda. guarantee part of the insurance released the first parachute, drift- risks there is to be no furthering gently down until he discard- delay in starting the constructioned his parachute and released a of this epoch-making ship,

serond one. He next drifted Immediately following the un- The exact date on which the down to within 1,500 feet of the successful gaol-break, Mr. Victorio keel is to be laid is still uncer-ground, when he discarded the ordered an investigation of the tain, but orders for the thousands second parachute. He was seen matter. As a result of a preli-the various divisions were of tons of steel plates and girders to pull the rip-cord of the third,minary investigation which he which will go to build up the but this failed to open, and he fell conducted last evening, Filemon the National Boxing Association at mighty hull have already been like a stone, given out. A certain amount of

British Wirriesa.

A Three-Year-Jah.

IN BELGIUM.

CONTRIVANCE, FAILS IN AERIAL DISPLAY.

There was

A mail plase from Amsterdam material is being assembled along arrived a minate afterwards, and side the slipway,

managed to pull up barely ten The contract stipulates for yards from the body.-Reuter. delivery of the vessel within approximately three years. A certain margin is conceded, in view of the possibility of modi- fications being made, at the re- quest of the owners, while the ship is under construction.

There is a persistent rumour in the Clyde district that the world's largest liner is to be named Cam- pania, to perpetuate the memory of the first of the famous Cunard

ATTEMPT TO LESSEN

FLYING NOISE.

SILENCING OF ENGINES CONSIDERED.

London Sept. 21.

Careful investigation of the twin greyhounds-Lucania was methods whereby air travel can be

the other-which gained the blue made less noisy is being under- riband of the Atlantle in the taken by the Aeronautical Research 'nineties and held it for many Committee. years,

Vila,

Guard Suspended.

of

AMERICAN BOXING

RATINGS.

CARNERA PLACED IN THIRD POSITION.

re-

zung.

churian forces already inside the Great Wall comprise the Fifth, Sixth, Twenty-Third and Twenty- Seventh Brigades of the First had hit up 14 runs without the command of General Yu Hsueh- loss of a wicket-Reuter. for the contest with Hankow com- strong, has already arrived here, The Shanghai eleven selected The entire Fifth Brigade, 10,000 prises-W. H. Findlay, S. W. but is still entrained at Tientsin Hunter. A. J. Barson, A. C. Sin East and Tientsin Central railway clair, Capt. F. Shaw, E. C. Baker, stations, awaiting further orders. J. W. Pote-Hunt. C. D. Wales. Major R. M. Airey K. Foot, and R. S. Elliott.

Customs Changes.

It is apparent that every pre- In the above list will be noticed caution is being taken not to press several Hongkong-Shanghai Inter- the retreating Shansi troops too port cricketers. Wales will be closely, and ample time is being remembered as a local cricketer allowed them for evacuation of of some note, who Shanghai last year.

went up to each post. It is expected that the last Shansi soldier will have left leaving for Hankow the Shanghai Manchurians will take over com- In a practice match prior to Tientsin by to-night, and the team played as eleven captained plete control tomorrow. Mean- by the famous Donald Leach, the time, as a precautionary measure game being inconclusive, with the following scores;

Interport eleven, 118 and 174 for The question of improvement of 9; Leach's eleven, 101 and 180 for the Hofhow harbour was raised in. In the first innings of Leach's 1875 when money was subscribed team, Elliott took 6 wickets for by Chinese merchants in order to 1. In the second knock by the dredge the channel conecting Hoi- Interporters, Wales had 51, not how with the open sea. The work, out, to his credit. however, proved futile, as the channel so very quickly silted und became unusable. In 1909 Messrs. | Leigh and Orange of Hongkong were called upon to make a survey of Hoihow Harbour. This firm

Previous History.

compiled a scheme including the construction of a sheltered basin with a depth of 20 feet at low water, the cost of which estimated at H.K. $7,500,000.

was.

A less ambitious scheme was sub-

CHANNEL SWIM FAILS.

AMERICAN TWINS HAVE TO GIVE UP.

Dover, Sept. 15. The American twins, Bernice and to aed their attempt to swim from Eng-

one armoured train' has left for the Tientsin-Pukow line towards Peking and another is patrolling

Tehchow.

The situation locally is very quiet, but it is believed that many changes in official personnel wilt occur within the next few days, including primarily changes in the Customs administration.-Reuter..

Peaceful Turn-over.

Peking, Sept. 21. Without the ring of a single shot, the Manchurian forces have succeeded in taking over the ad- ministration of the Peking and Tientsin Governments, following an- arrangement with the Shanst from Peking early yesterday on Garrison authorities, who retired

It developed later that some of as the other heavies were ranked mitted by this firm whereby it was Phyllis Zittenfeld, to-day abandon-two special trains, while Tientsin

Omaha, Sept. 15. All of the present champions in cognized to-day by the delegates of

a Bilibid guard, was the annual convention. suspended. He has been found by Mr. Victorio negligent in the per- recognized

Max Schmeling of Germany was 49 the heavyweight formance of his official duties.

king.. But a surprise or two came the foot chains of the prisoners Young Stribling was

proposed to dredge a canal had been cut inside Bilibid before No. 2, Primo Carnera as No. 3 and and the deep sea, designed, to ac- Dover by boat after being taken to-day 4,000 Manchurian van- rated as depth of 7 feet between the town land to France. They returned to messages state that up to noon the prisoners were sent outside the gate to work. The chain tied Jack Sharkey as No. 4. The plac-commodate lighters only, the cost from, the water in mid-channel.

guards had arrived, the city around the feet of Rubi was found of Carnera as No. 3 was a com- of which was estimated at H. K. A wind that kicked up a pasty being almost denuded of Shanst to have been partially cut inside plete surprise,

$587,000. However, nothing done to improve the harbour, continue. They entered the water are quiet and there is not the least

was sea made it impossible for them to troops. Rilibid and it was an easy matter

Conditions at Peking and Tientsin for him to complete breaking the

though the question of doing so at South Foreland at 6.50 a.m. was raised at different periods by and were able to cover only about Manchurian troops and the fleeing chain while working outside.

of a clash between the It was the duty. of Vila, it was

six mileg in five hours. reported, to inspect the foot

The twins are 15 years old. They

Shansi forces, chains of the prisoners before they had been allowed outside the gate.

Coolness Stops Break.

At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon It is of the opinion that this will the 25 prisoners were working just have to come largely from a lessen- outside the front gate of Bilibid ing of the source of noise, namely Prison on Calle Azcarraga. They by a reduction of the air screw tip were being guarded by Nuval and speed, by silencing of the exhaust Jaime Jim, a Moro guard, whose and by silencing of engine noises coolness.

officials said prison

due to tappet rods, etc.

in

Al Singer of New York was re- cognized as lightweight champion through his knockout of Sammy

Mandell.

MOTOR CYCLE GRAND was undertaken, the initiative belive in New York.

PRIX RACE.

BRITISH RIDERS DO WELL ON CONTINENT.

London, Sept. 21. English riders scored a triumph

the central, as well as the Jocal, Authorities.

In 1928 further investigation

ing taken by the local Authorities. The Netherlands Harbour Works Company was entrusted to carry out the investigations, and event-. ually submitted a scheme, the fea ture, of which consisted of the con- struction of a junk harbour of 3 feet depth, situated at a distance connected with the deep sea by a of 2 km. (8.5 li) from the town and

A DEEP-SEA DIVING APPARATUS.

Over 1,000 Feet Long. While oficial details are still withheld, there is little doubt that the new ship's length will exceed, 1,0001. Her gross tonnage will be about 70,000.

Some improvement is also possi. yesterday, made possible the frus in the Motor Cycle Grand Prix to- canal of 2.2 km. (3.8 1) in length. Reports that she is to be equipped with the ble by constructing cabins, wtration of escape attempts on the day over Pau Circuit, finishing Communication between the junk turbo-electric drive, may be safely inner and other shells, packed be discounted, that her machinery tween with a woolly fireproof in- will.consist of high-pressure steam sulator. This type of wall con- turbines, probably of the Paisons struction is being used in the Bri- type, with single gearing. tish civil air liners-British Wire

The boilers will be of a new less, pattern, designed to work at a ateam pressure higher than that

Prior to the Manchurian entry, a representative of General Yu Hsueh-Zung,

the.. commanding Manchurian vanguard, arrived at Tientsin and made arrangements. with the Garrison commanders In order to permit the Shansi troops to clear out of the native city. The first Division of Manchuriam SUCCESSFUL TESTS BY THE

troops, consisting of about three. BRITISH NAVY.

thousand men arrived early this | morning abpard four trains. London, Sept. 21. Japanese reports state that first in four categories.

harbour and the town was proposed introduced into

A new diving apparatus recently Marshal Yen Hsi-shan has ar- part of other prisoners.

the Navy has ranged with the Mukden Govern- In the 500 cm.c. Class, Hanley to be maintained by means Both Nuval and Jim were about Wood, on a Norton, was

of a proved so auccessful that the ment so that all the Shanai troops 10 meters away from the gang of averaging 121 kilometres per hour. this scheme was estimated at H.K. general use.

first, concrete paved road. The cost of Admiralty have adopted it for will withdraw from Peking and prisoners. Investigations made

Tientsin within three days, and later by prison officials showed In the 300 e.m.c. class Hicks, $600,000.

Specially selected men are being during the turnover the police and that while the guards were 'watch on an A. J. S., was first, also The investigations, so far carried chosen to operate it and will be a small contingent of Shamsi ing they were unaware of a secret averaging 121 kilometres. out by the Board of Conservancy ranked as Deep Sea Divers, with garrison troops will remain hé-:

Works have, however, made it extra pay. Using the new doubtful if Holhow is a suitable paratus, divers can descend to a police and garrison forces will ap-hind to preserve order. The

northern part of Hainan Island.

body of the Manchurians.

Was

of any marine boilers now in use. CONSERVATIVE FISCAL ers were secretly breaking their first, with an average of 106 kilo- place for a large sea port for the depth of 350 feet.-British Wire-leave upon the arrival of the main

There will be about fifty of them,

POLICY.

EMERGENCY TARIFF MIGHT

BE INTRODUCED.

.

London, Sept. 21.

plot concocted by the prisoners. In the 250 c.m.c. class Mel- It was also shown that the prison. lors, on a New Imperial

metres. foot-cuffs. Abdad, however, was one of three prisoners who had their feet free from any cuffs.

Fire In Air. Suddenly, both Abad and Rubi sprinted east on Calle Azcarraga.

In the 176 c.m.c. class, Fermi- hough, on an Excelsior Jap, was first, averaging 94 kilometres.-- British Wirelena.

AN ITALIAN-FRENCH DEADLOCK.

less.

POLICE FIRE ON TRIBESMEN,

SERIOUS CLASH IN INDIAN HILL VILLAGE;

Nagpur, Sept. 21.

Mukden Appointment.

and they will supply sufficient steam for the turbines to develop

A First Essential. between 180,000 and 200,000 h.p. when running "all out." Need-

Hoihow entirely lacks the first

The Mukden Government has less to say, they will be oil-

essential of a good harbour, namely

announced the appointment. of burners, and in spite of the tre-

the possibility of arranging direct! mendous boiler plant, the stoke-

General Wang Shu-chang as Com- exchange of cargo from ship to

mander-in-Chief of all the Man- hold personnel will be few in num- Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chair Realizing the plot, Nuval and Jim

shore, and vice versà. - As condi-

churian brigades dispatched to ber. The ship will be driven at man of the Conservative Party fired into the air, the former with

tions are now, ships must anchor in i

Peking, and Tientsin and con- 30 knots by four propellers; speaking yesterday, made a Bug his pistol and the latter with a

the open bay, which offers no shelter Although the Cunard Line has gestion that his Party, if returned rifle which he was

currently as Chairman of the whatsoever against high". winds

Chihli Provincial Government. always had rather a penchant for to office, might follow the recent

carrying.

and heavy sens. The transhipment!

General Yu Hsieh-zung will act multiple funnels-Aquitania and Canadian example and in the first Nuval went after the two flecing

of cargo is, therefore, ex- DIVERGENT VIEWS AS TO

Four Gonda (hill tribesmen) as Garrison Commander of both Mauretania have four apiece the few months introduce an emergency convicts and Jim remained and

tremely difficult and new ship will probably have only traffic which would give British kept the 23 prisoners at bay with

NAVAL MATTERS.

at times are reported to have been killed Peking and Tientsin. The ap entirely impossible. The an- and 50 wounded by the police, who pointments are understood to have two, but aa. they will have to manufacturers a breathing space hia rifle.

chorage, a distance of some fired on a mob of hundreds of been approved by the Nanking house all the boiler uptakes they while negotiations were

Geneva, Sept. 21," will be of impressive size.

nautical miles, as the crow fles, 18 Gonds In a village in the Betuld Government.ANSLAT The Franco-Italian naval, con- separated from the town by sand- district, who attacked the pollee into with the Dominious and was made difficult when a large versations recently proceeding banks and mudflata. The latter, with bamboos and stones in an has agreed to hand over the con- While the Nanking Government To Cost £5,000,000.

foreign nations and would enable number of persons gathered to here with a view to settling di- which are entirely dry at low tide, attempt to rescue some arrested trol of military affairs to the Man- Britian to make use of the bargain-witness the man-hunt. Naval vergent views which had manifest- Provision is to be made for the Ing power provided by her posses kept after the two prisoners and ed themselves at the London Naval and partly even at half tide, aro Gonds,

churlan leaders, it is understood carriage of a mail 'aeroplane on asion of the best import markets in fired several shots with his pistol. Conference, have

intersected by several shallow (Continued on Page 12.)

The Deputy Inspector General that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek apparently channels. the world-British Wireless.

(Continued on Page 12.) reached a deadlock-Reuter.

of Police has gone to the scene will appoint his own fiicfala to (Continued on Page 7.) with reinforcements-Reuter(Continued on Page 120 MAA

entered Capture of the two prisoners