1931-06-06 — Page 1

UREBATE

CE WARREN & CO, LTD.

SCOTT

COMPLETES

DOUBLE.

TO ENGLAND IN 11 DAYS.

Says He Was Just Pottering Along.

BRILLIANT FEAT.

London, June 5.

Mr. C. W. A. Scott, the London airman, who became famous only a few weeks ago, when he broke the world's record for a flight in a light aeroplane from England to Australia, landed at Lympne at 7.30 p.m. this evening, from Brindisi, hav- ing established a new record for a flight from Australia England.

"Hongkong Telegraph “

for The Beath Whisn. Morning Pack Lid, 16pt Woudhabible'r oeluc onako ng

deratop—overcast"wifi"""TAIN”AI first; improving later.

The

DUNLOP

en Demand:-111⁄2d.

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED) 200

1721 412

WAHA

*

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931.

日一廿月四

GENERAL BALBO IN PLANE WRECK.

WITH NANKING NARROWLY.

Hy

SOUTH READY

FOR PEACE

ESCAPES DEATH

Mr. Chang Chi's

Negotiations.

Carried Under Water.

NANKING CLAIM. · FLOAT BREAKS.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

The dispute

HATRY CRASH SEQUEL.

GIALDINI FACES

TRIAL

MERELY GUINEA PIG DIRECTOR.

ACCUSED'S PLEA.

tional

opened

Milan. June 5.

of

it will be revalled Batry' was

CRICKET

#R FER ANNUA HINGEN COP

Overseas

Motoring

Conditions.

FORT MOTOR CYCLE TYRES A

10 CANTE

LOCAL BRANCH,

Fadder Bldg.

Bulls and Inners

☐ ☐ From the Office Butts. □ □

Captain Hawks, the airman, has created a record by breakfasting

COMES INTO in London, having lunch in Berlin

ITS OWN.

The Real Thing at Sheffield.

GLOSTER WIN.

and taking dinner in Paris, all in one day. He is also understood to have captured the international Indigestion championship.

Another infamous saying: "Our neighbours are so very con- siderate."

ᄆᄆ

Talking of Birthday Honoura, the only C.M.G. some of our young (bloods will over get will be "Can't

Make Good."

were!

☐ ☐

☐ ☐

口口

A Government servant, civil and

bright,

May bemoan his exchange com-

pensation;

He gets less when he works, and

that's hardly right. And more when he's on his

vacation.

To get less for one's work, and

'more for one's play.

Is a paradox really amazing; So the fellows who shirk may

look for the day, When to work not at all means

Jy "raising!"

口口

Nature Notes:-Every day the In Shanghai the other day, a flowering boobrish increases in London, June 5. man throw a wireless set at his height as surely as the ratos y Rome, June 5.

Cricket has scarcely any neighbour. Assault and battery? upwards. "Twill be at its zenith

ов Two years after the sensa-parallel for the novel and ex- General Balbo, the Italian

when, this year, next year, some Shanghai, Jure- 6.

trial and convinc-tremely sporting arrangement ruled that ox-tail soup must have

The U.S. Supreme Court bas day or never, it attains full stature between The Air Minister, had an ex- Nanking Government particute-tremely narrow escape from on of his colleagues in between F. E. Greenwood. the

More bull, as it A short-sighted bather at Re- Chiang Kai-shek," and

Great the death this afternoon, when a

Britain. the trial Yorkshire captain, and B. Hox-tails in it.

pulse Buy who attempted to de- Canton leaders, is likely to be!

Gloucester's Lyon,

brilliant Milan to-day at

itate what he thought was a rubber settled by pacille means, accord, mishap to a seaplane caused John trialdini (the Italian as-ter to secure a narrow victory at discord is patched up, truth will it threatened to report the inci- skipper, which enabled Glouces If this Franco-Italian naval hippopotamus was startled when ing to reports reaching Shanghai the craft to sink, carrying gociate of Clarence Hatry) who Sheffield to-day. For two days, at last be stranger than fiction. dent to the police. to-day from Nanking.

General Balbo, and his left England Just before the there was no play. This morn- The authority for the state- A.D.C., and the pilot beneath Hatry crash in June, 1929. ing, ment is officially announced the water.

the captains agreed

Girls at un American university to

A creditor complained to # In cansexion with the rash declare when each side had are reporting for the men's truck judge recently that he could nover Mr. Chang Chi, the President of

team.

Probably they're a little find a debtor either at home or at the Judicial Yuan, success to,

to scored in the first innings. The confused as to the meaning of his office. They had the greatest difft-sentenced in January, 1920,

An out-and-out sort of fellow, Dr. Wang Chung-hui, who was culty in extricating themselves.teen years penal servitude, issue was therefore settled on going around on laps. sent to Canton a week or so ago but they came up after a breath- and Taber received lesser

fand his colleagues, Daniels, Dixon the second.

Q O Such incidents give a joy to the It's to conduct negotiations on he

strange taking interval. little the worse fences.

gamu which is a refreshing change but truc that The journey back to England half of Chiang Kai-shek.

It was alleged during the trial from experience in the lust few|whon a man is was accomplished a trifle under Government leaders in Nank for their experience.

in England that Gialdini was the seasons.

taken in he is General Ballo indicated his disman behinst the Grauds." eleven days. Scott has there. Jing state that they have received!

Surrey put up the highest score also put out. fore robbed Air-Commodore report from Mr. Chang Chi, dain by immediately taking*olf in Cialdini was unable to be ex-faf the season against Warwick, DD Kingsford-Smith of another re-indicating that the negotiations nurther machine.

Tradited fram Italy, owing to the for the loss of four wickets, three The disarmill- cord. The more famous airman's for a settlement of the difference The mishap occurred at Capri, | nature of the Treaty, but the of their players passing the threement movement

The feat enabled 12 days 21 days, of opinion

Canton after General Balbo, who comItalian authorities eventually figure mark.

in mking Scott had beaten that by two and Nanking are progressing nanded

agreed to the British demand that the Oval combination to accure the wonderful, វាទ

stendy progress. amoothly.

he he tried in Italy.

their first outright victory with an formation fight of italian sen-

A retirod Major- Chang Chi is confident, it isplaties over the South Atlantic ceedings,

At to-day's opening of the pro-innings to spare.

Ginidini pleaded not! Two of the New Zealanders, and General of the recalled, he completed the 10000 stated, that a peaceful settle earlier in the year, had carried out guilty. He denied all reponsibility (, D. Keap-Welch, the Cambridge United odd mile journey in 9 days and ment is possible. Mr. Chang Chan inspection of the naval air for the flatry graph and declared captain, obtained centuries in a has three hours, beating Khigsford is stated to have left Canton and Smith's time by eighteen hours.to be on his way to Nanking squadrons at Naples,

Mr. Scoll's great journey carrying the proposals of the ables him to claim the record for Canton leaders for a settlement.

time was

dnys.

On his, outward trips, it will be

The flight in both directions,

Not For £1,009,000.

On his arrival at Port Darwin when be completed the outward i light after a hazardous trip, hej declared he had got practically

between

#

Float Mishop.

He was taking off for Konie in seaplane of Capri, when the bottom of one of the thuis fell off

the machine Was tearing: through the water. The machine sank with alarming rapidity.

:

LINDY'S VISIT TO THE EAST.

31 5

no aleep the whole way, and that!WELCOMED BY CHINA: he would Hol undertake, ximilar flight million pounds.

akais for 24

Nevertheless, he luft Wyndham, a in North-West Australia, on May 26 on the return trip, though even when taking off he declared that he would fly by easy stages was not out to beat the record.

Thousand Milles a Day.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

General Balbo and his aide. de camp were curried down; below the water in the fuselage of the craft and there was a terrifying interval

the surface,

of some!

sen-

4

States

invented

that he noter at times in alleen struggle at Cambridge. new type of good faith He was nothing but a The results. ut

glance, powder-pusT. ♫ "guinea pig" director, doing what together with the prineipal he was told.---Reuter,

individual performances, follow:

BRITISH AERIAL

ATTEMPT.

EITHER TO THE CAPE OR CEYLON.

London. June 5.

Q O

Client: I don't like these pictures. They don't do me justice. the

it.

Catalonia,

seems. big pain in

is

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Gloucester beat Yorkshire by 47 Spain.

runs, at Sheffield.

Surrey beat Warwick by an innings

and 112, at Che Oval. Nolts beat Hampshire by, 10 wickets,

at Nottingham, Sussex won "on" Arst inglings at

Leicester.

Friendly.

Cambridge Y. New

Drown.

Zealand.-

HONOURS LIST.

Balting.

Shanghai, June 6, moments before they could in accordance with the Airi The Ministry of Foreign Affairs!

extricate themselves and rise to Ministry's arrangement for a Bri- in Nanking has received a tele

tish attempt on the world's long- ram from Dr. C. C. Wu, the Ainister in Washington, outlin-suffering from a slight injury and Gayford and Flight Lieutenant Beit General Balbo was found to be distance flight. Squadron Leader ing the details of Colonel Lind his colleague, Cagna, was unhurt. will attempt a non-stop fight to bergh's proposed nerial tour of the Far East.

The Air Minister immediately the Cape or to Ceylon in the late Hobbs (Surrey)

Shepherd (Surroy) Since then he has been going

took off in another seaplane and autumn.

Ducat (Surrey) The Ministry has reply i-landed safely, at Ostia, proceeding The Fairey Supler minoplane R. C. Blunt (N.Z.) along steadily, doing approximate- is a thousand miles a day, and has trueling Dr. Wu to convey the afterwards to Rome, where he told that is being built for the attempt Astili (Leicester).

Government's Chinese

welcome the story of his escape at first-will be ready towards the end of K. S. Dulcepainhil (Sussex). return to London in triumph.

He completed his fight from and stating that plane are in pro hand to Signor Mussolini, who July and tried out in August. Over G. D. Kemp-Welch (Cam. U.)

congratulated im 1,000 gallons of fhel will be car-C. 5. Dempster (N.Z.) Australia to-day by tying through paration for the famous airman's heartily

rice-British Wireless.

R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwick) storm, and he was suffering bud-reception.

Not Out.

Bowling.

ly from cramp when he stepped out

of his machine at Lympme.

The six-foot exDulwich College

boy said:

"It is too far, and I am really glad it is all over now.".

He had to encounter hend- winds almost all the way from Australia.

For three days, when he wan flying from Calcutta to Aleppo, · it was so hot that he rave up flying altogether in the middle of the day, which considerably reduced his milenge.

Not Hurrying.

He was not hurrying, he said, in spite of the fact that he has beaten the previous best time by two days.

"I have been just pottering along, and I did only about six hours' night flying over the whole trip."— Beuter.

LADY ROBBED BY SNATCHER.

TOTAL LOSS OVER TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

Mrs. Duxon, residing at No. 14,

Kent Road, Kowloon Tong, mado

a report to the Water Police last

Reuter.

Put "On the Spot" YearS Ago: Now Doubled

Chicago, June 5.

by Half-Brother.

INSA

Verity (Yorks.) Larwood (Nott) Langridge (Sussex)

147

140

125

120

115

We read that

King Faisal of Irak hus bought 22 12 aeroplane, So the king may become an ace! ២ ០

Lol of our.

men publie

Heem to forget that much of the hot-air they

let off could casily be con- densed.

It's all right to be in brown study but don't got into a blue funk.

G

Photographer: Justicer Lady, what you want is mercy. O O Another infamous saying:-"Go Revised Version: When jahund and put him-he doesn't feline quadruped is absent the

bite!"

diminutive rodents disport them. selves,

The now. hairdressing style covering the ears should make the girls wit up and listen.

ם !

in

The Wat Department America is trying to find out the names of 28 living war aviators: Aces are called for.

0.0

So far as we can make out, the dentist la about the only man who can tell woman when to shut her mouth and get away with it.

102* A golf professional ways elbow- 101 ifting is the chief trouble with beginners, Possibly n reference

112

100

ៗ ៨

to the 19th hole.

Some

0.0

Hongkong motor-cora 7 for 64 should be christened, "Dunces," f for 20 They never pass anything.

6 for 34

P. G. H. Fender (Surrey) .. 6 for Gr | Goddard (Gloucester) ................ fi for 21

HOW GLOUCESTER WON.

A Dowling Struggle at Shefeld.

Cricket fans will bless the day

on which the rulers of the game

the

The poppiest charmers Woar bright-hued pyjamas Along by the aeq just as calm as Can be.

The male sex, the mighties, Why don't they wear nighties, No matter the frighties they

surely Would be?

口口

A new novel is all about kant- ing. It should be full of mest.

An industrial magnate days promotion always goes to his best- dressed employees. Clothes make the managera.

☐ O It le stated that there is diff culty in letting the very lateat luxury flats at Home. Last but not leased.

DD "Don't tear up the road." Leave It to the P. W. D.

D G

It is suggested that everybody should save ten per cent, of what he earns..

The trouble in that some folk don't get that much..

A thief stole a drum from a Singapore thentre recently. tury, newspapers is to be sold by Then, usturally enough, he bent auction in London. Dentists and doctora are expected to bid heavily for them.

it.

Everyone in a goats' golf four- decided to give added rewards for some had his pocket picked during

outright decisions

A collection of seventeenth con-

in Texas a goat made a meal

in county contest at Home last month, of a set of motor-car tyres. When

round corners at a terrific speed.

cricket if the change continues to The thief claims, to have done the last seen the animal was bouncing. bring out the inherent sportsman-whole in one. ship of the players in such flowing measure A distinguished the Yorkshire-Gloucester encounter at

Sheffield.

Gloucester won by forty-seven runs, In a single day's play, thanks to the happy arrangement between

F. E. Greenwood and B. H. Lyon,

-་

by which the first lanings was washed out, after four runs had been scored by each side to satiafy the rules. Although B. H. Lyon gained the benefit for his aids, oulogies will not be lacking as for as Greenwood: is concerned.

Gloucester took first knock in the second innings, and compiled

Come to Hongkong for a holl-

day rare:

Worship our Penk and

lights.

our

Beach pyjamas are said to be Increasing at Repulse Bay at the rate of two suits per week. By the end of the season wờ shall not

ם !

Come with a song and banish care a Continental. ✨ Come for our sweat-scented clork was a man who grow groy- In the old days tho faithful nighte.

your care,

Beauteous

blue;

inle ongirdled with haired in his employer's service.

Nowadays, the faithful clerk is n

A gom among gems of the East, damsel who grows blonde, brunette Painted with blossoms and buds and brown.

ever now,

Como and enjoy a rare feast.

"Prehistoric man had no money," See how the waters of turquoise says a professor. The stoney age,

in fact.

and

gold,

Caress magic shores with their

spume. If you haven't a motshed, chalk maid in favour of these modern

yourself “sold!"

There's certainly one thing to be

houses. They do bring familles,

And gaze at our bring and closer together. :

fumo 1.

The "disclosure" is made by the Capone's half-brother, Giacomo the useful total of 171, in aplio of "A" Capone has surrendered to Real Detective Magazino in Ita Calabrese, to pose an Capone, and some brilliant bowling by Verity, night that while she was walking the Federal Court hare, putting in current issus, and the story is even had a surgeon to simulate who took 7 wickets for 64 runs. in Nathan Road, near the Station an attendance this evening to based upon the contention that the the famous scat.

Gloucester obtained a wonder- Hotel, a Chinese youth, about six-answer, says Reuter, a summons eyes of the original Al Capone The present "Al" Capone In-{ful victory. The whole side was teen years of age, came up from for the non-payment of his in-were brown, whereas the even of sists that he is the genuine article, on its toos from the commence- behind and snatched her brown como taxi

the present chief of Chicago's Above are the pletures published mont, and by a one-run-saving

A writer says that bisliops "are" leather handbag, containing $100 The appearance of the famous gangdom are blue.

In the magazine with the object exhibition, damianed Yorkshire We notice that "It was decided not always solemn.. Oh, no. Some in, banknotes, a gold wrist watch gangster in Court has revived the The magazine claims that the of proving their assertion. Hight, for 124. Goddard took the to approach the Consuls of the are arch. Las set with unbuds and a bunch of sensational. allegations “made a real Capone was "put on the is. Al Capono of five years ago, bowling. Lyon, be returned aniviow to holdinga re-union diabar”. Carefully various Scottish schools with a key, to the total value of $206, few weeks ago that Capone I not spot" several years ago,:", and Centre, he is shown just" before | nyrsad by

honours.“

0.0

• has not yet been, arrested.

brother.