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CAL WEAŁAWF THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931.

BRITAIN'S FLYING PREMIER,

The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramany MacDonald, who left Berlin yesterday morning in Royal Air Force machine, arrived at Hen- don Aerodrome last night... He stated to pressmen that, the con- versations at Berlin with Doctors Bruening and Curtius had been quite successful,

THE THORBURN

SCANDAL.

MORE QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.

WAIT ANTICIPATED.

Questioned in the

London July 201

Commons

Ment

"

REVENUE SLUMP ON IMPERIAL

· COMMUNICATIONS.

Committee Appointed to Enquire.

BIG BUSINESS MEN.

Landon, July 29.

the

Noted Broker ROUND WORLD FLIGHT.

Faces

BUILT

FOR THE

JOB

IN

BXTAX SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

136 FER ANNUM

LOCAL BRANCH.

Fodder Bldg.

The Battle for THE SECOND

HERNDON ACROSS Paotingfu. Grave Charge. ATLANTIC.

Alleged Fraudulent

Conversion.

BARONET IN DOCK.

London, July 29.

While the case against Lord

Kylsant and Mr. H. J. Morland |

is drawing to a close at the Old

LANDING AT WELSH COAST TOWN.

Bailey, another case in which a FOG COMPELS A DESCENT AFTER

well-known figure is involved has opened at Leicester Police Court.

This is Sir Arthur Wheeler, who WAS formerly the head of MessES, Wheeler and Company, stpek-brokers of Leicester, one of the largest firms of "outside" brokers in Great Britɛia.

Mexers, Wheeler and Company "crashed"

Home little time back. the failure causing a considerable sensation on The London Stock Exchunge

As a result of investigations Into the affairs of the company, Sir Arthur Wheeler, together with

hir

George partner,

Vietor Smith.

appeared

Lelcester at Police Court to-day, facing twenty- summonses alleging the fraudulent conversion of sums totalling £23,000.--Reuter,,

CHARING CROSS BRIDGE.

BOMBSHELL FOR THE L.C.C.

London, July 29, Regarding the new bridge

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Charing Cross, for the construction of which the London County Coun- el decided last week to promote a Parliamentary Bill, the Minister of Mr. Herbert Morrison Transport. has informed the Connell that the Government, Inving reviewed the position in the light of all the cir-! cumstances, including the present serious cennomie situation, had do-

regarding the disappearance of Reuters are authorised to state Mr. John Thorburn,

Hugh that the Imperial Communira

Committee Dalton, the Under Secretary for tions Advisory

(on represented which Foreign Affairs, said:

Governments of the United King- "Sir Milea Latusson, the British dom, Canada, Australia, South Minister, left Peking

yesterday - Africa, New Zealand, the Irish morning by aeroplane for Sanking Free State and India) in con. with the object of deliveringe the Csultation with the Court message of the British Goveru. Directors of Imperial and Inter-cided that it was not possible to re-

personalis

Morshaf national Communications Limited, new the previous offer of a seventy Chiang Kai Shek. Ne report can has apointed a Committer. To five per cent, grant from the Road be expreted for some days in view "examine the position.

Fund towards the cast of the j of the fact that the Marabal is at The Commillee will inquire into bridge.--British Wireless. present conducting military opera the pusithm of Imperial and Inter-

London, July 30, tion in the Province of Kiani." national Comesunications Limited.

Over twenty years of disens- In the message which Sir Miles and alt matters related thereto.

sions, preparation of plans, Lampson has been instructed to and bearing thereon. including schemes and models just nearing? envey the Chinese Government are the causes and the consequences fruition, to reconstruct Charing arged, with all expedition, to lindof the great discrepancy between Cross Bridge and beautify and amenns i persuading the militare the standard revenue and the improve a large section of West authorities in whose hands Thr-present earnings. burn is believed to Im, of the ur The Committer is asked to sugly killed by a decision of the the test measures which will remedy Government that it is now unable gent necessity of enabling Chinese Government to carry out the present situation.

to grant £12,000,000 towards the The committee will be com posed of the following: Mr. Wil-cost, as previously contemplated. Trid Greene, K.C., Standing Coun-

the ordinary obligations f elvilised state.

In reply to another questioned to Oxford University Lord Mr. Hugh Dallan stated that six Ashfield, President of the Board British subjects have died in rap of Trade, 1910-19, chairman and tivity in China in the past throw

managing director of the Under- years.-British Wicctras,

railway system, and the ground L.G.O.C

director of nearly every

London transport under- taking, and of the Midland Bank and the rapterial Chemistries; and Mr. Lawrence Darning Holt, the well-known Liverpool ship-owner. ----Reuter,

VASILI PALECEK.

FURTHER REMAND

ORDERED.

Inspector Elston asked for a BRITISH NATIONAL

further rumand when Vasili Palecek minde his second appear- ance at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning before Mr. Fraser on the charge of having obtained a diamond ring from the Wat Kee! jowellers by means of a trick. His Worship accordingly adjourned the case until Wednesday afternoon,

THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY.

NEW PLANE MAKES

FIRST FLIGHT..

London, July 29, Piloted by Squadron Leader Á. . Orlebar, the captain of the British team of high speed plots, the Super-Marine Rolla-Royco 8-6 senpinne, the frat of two muchines built for this year's Schneider

ECONOMY.

COMMITTEE REPORT NEARLY READY.

London, July 20. Mr. Philip Snowden stated in the House of Commons that he anticl- pated that the report of the. Economy Committee, appointed in March, to review national ex- penditure, would be in the hands of members before the House rises for the Keris on

Friday-British Wireless

THE KING AND QUEEN AT COWES.

LUNCHEON ABOARD

BRITANNIA.

The King and Queen, who arrived

Trophy Race made a very succossat Cowes on Monday, to-day lunched ful first fight at Calshot to-day. aboard

the King's Cutter

It is understood that the French "Britannia," which is entered for

team for the race will arrive at His Majesty's Cup Race next Tues-

Calshot on about August 20 and day,

..

they hope to bring, six or nine. Afterwards they returned to sircraft with them.--British Wire- Royal Yacht and went for: * four.

Thours' orulse. --British Wirelen.

Central London, have heen sudden

Reuter

AMY CONTINUES

FLIGHT.

LANDS 250 MILES FROM MOSCOW.

BLIND OCEAN FLIGHT.

NEWFOUNDLAND DELAY.

Manchurians Set Up Attack. DEADLY AIR RAIDS.

Shanghai. July 30.

TEST.

TWO ENGLAND CENTURIES.

Duleepsinhji in Great Form.

The first serious encounter between the main body of the Manchurian troops operating

London, July 20. under General Yu Hsieh-zung A splendid partnership be- (the Garrison Commander of tween Herbert Sutcliffe and K. the Peking-Hankow Railway) S. Dulcopsinhji laid the founda and the forces of General Shik tion of the. remarkably good Yu-shan occurred yesterday to score of 312 runs for 3 wickets the south of Paotingfu, follow-obtained by England against ing orders for a general offensive New Zealand on the first day of by the Manchurians,

the Second Teat, at the Oval. Paotingfu messages state that Unfortunately, the Oval did not Manchurian aeroplanes yesterday made a series of lights to the escape a rain storm over London HU

JUGH HERNDON and Clyde Pangborn, the two front and heavily bombed the and the players were kept idle

American airmen who are launched upon an suffered heavy casualties.

soldiers of the opposing side who for nearly two hours, this break in the game preventing what General Shih in sald to be await might have been a very big total. attempt to beat the round-the-world flight record set

Sutcliffe opened with Bakewell, up by Harold Gatty and Wiley Post a month ago,ing the arrival of reinforcementa

before Iaunching hie

fino attack the

young Northampton landed at Moylgrove, in Pembrokeshire, says Reuter, at

on Pavlingfu.

batsman, and they put on 84 runs. seven o'clock last evening at the termination of an Paotinglu is about ninety miles before the latter was run out. adventurous Atlantic flight.

from Peking and the fighting in They scored at a puce better than this locality in the object of much

One ม minute, Bakewell getting interest on the part

more of Peking runs The fliers turned

quickly

his up quite unexpectedly at

partner. diplomatic circles. Moylgrove, which is in a remote part of the extreme The whereabouts of the main When Duleepsinhji joined Sul- west coast of Wales, about fifteen miles to the north-body of General Shih's troops have clife, the rate or scoring in- creased further. the Sussex

>

He carries

than

not been disclosed. out his troop movements at night, skipper settling down very rapid- to avald the Minnuhurian planes.j At the lunch interval, the General Han Fu-chu (the Military board showed 173, for 1. Governor of Shantung) has made

Free Scaring. no indiention of bis attitude far.

east of Fishguard. They

had been held up at Harbour, Grace, Newfoundland, owing to reports of hazardous weather conditions over the Atlantic, but after waiting for some time, apparently fretting at the unfortunate delay, they decided to take

the risk. At the moment, the exact time of their departure from Harbour Grace-Rensha. is not known, but it would seem to have been at an early hour yesterday morning.

Pangborn.

FORCED DOWN BY HEAVY FOG.

Herndon.

They had plenty of petrol when they descended, but were obliged to descend owing to the heavy fog, through which they been Hying practically blindly throughout the entire trip across the Altantic and which got steadily worse after they hail struck the Irish const.

Herndon, a wealthy New Yorker, had hoped to be able to 'make Moscow in a nonstop flight from Harbour Grace, but the weather conditions put it completely out of the question and it is a tribute to his navigation that he kept so well to the course mapped out. They were expected to resume their flight at dawn to-clay.

NO NEWS OF BOARDMAN FLIGHT.

Theirs is the fourth successful crossing of the Atlantic since the beginning of June. Up to the present, however, there is no news of the fate of the Boston airmen, Russell Boardman and John Polando, who set out from New York on Tuesday on

nonstop flight to Constantinople.

FINANCE CRISIS..

MR. SNOWDEN HOLDS

HIS PEACE.

MISHAP TO POLICE

RESERVIST..

ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE THIGH,

score

When play was resumed at 3.26, Puking mesanges state that Dutoepalnhii continued to General Chang Hsueh-liang left the Treely, playing a fins forcing gamo Hockefeller Hospital tast evening | which garnered him 57 additional to attend a military conference at runs while Sutcliffe was adding his residener, but returned to the 27. At tea, the score stood at hospital later. He will probably. 107. remain there for about ten days, Both players made light of the

bowling

resumption. but Duleepsinhji was the first to reach a three-figura score, with a bril ant boundary stroke. It

was his inth hundred of the present sen- HON.

Nine

LLOYD GEORGE'S

CONDITION.

KING AND PREMIER ENQUIRE.

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runs later, Duleep- sinhji gave his first and only chance to Weir, at cover-point, and Weir snapped it up. Allcott was the bowler.

Dulcepsinhji Out.

In

Duleepsinhji's score of 100 runs London. July 29. George, the Liberal leader, who was

The condition of Mr. Lloyd was a wonderful knock, including thirteen boundary hits. His this morning operated on, has been partnership with Sutcliffe realised the subject of many enquiries dar- 178 rugs in ing the day, including

minutos. one from 130 His Majesty the King. It was also for the second the Prime Minister's first question wicket. Sut

cilite's sharo on alighting at Hendon Aerodrome from Berlin.

being 69. carried out at Mr. Lloyd George's figures, before The operation this morning was reached three London home in Kensington,

Dulcep's

The doctora present included

the King's physician, Lord Daw- Bon of Penn, and three others. 10

dis-

Sutcliffe was ained by and

All members of the family wore laminond

present in an adjoining room, they had:

4 put Dame Margaret having hurried on another:

nine runa back from North Wales.

when Sutcliffe stepped out to

An official bulletin says, en

cause of the haematuria has been completely removed, and consider The condition of Mr. A. H. Har-ing its severity the patient's con-

dition so far is satisfactory." Reuter and British Wireless.

London, July 29. In the House of Commons in team, aged 22, the Police Reservist answer to a questioner, Mr. Daiton who was accidentally shot yester- Moscow, July 29. Miss Amy Johnson completed stated it was the aim of the British day, is not considered serious and the third stage of her flight from Government to take the widest posit is expected that he will soon be London to Tokyo, when after tak-sible measures of international co-discharged from the Government GERMANY'S LOSS OF

l at Koonigsberg, at 2.15 she operation in a solution of the finan-Civil Hospital. landed at Welikije Luki, 250 miles cial and economic difficulties of Mr. Hartcam was taking part in

west of Moscow, on Tuesday aftor- noon shortly before five.

Miss Johnson will continue the light on Wednesday morning and expects to reach Krassnojersk in the course of the day.

Europe.

Replying to Mr. Baldwin, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Snowden, said he did not think he could usefully make any statement on the international financial aitun |tion-British Wirelosa.

a Police Reservo revolver practico at the Kennedy Road range yestor- day afternoon, when a revolver belonging to Mr. Norman Strad moor was accidentally discharged, The bullet entered Mr. Horteam's thigh.

REVENUE.

"CATASTROPHIC” SAYS MINISTER.

Sutcliffe.

Vivian and was caught napping, James

stumping him smartly. Sutcliffe's 117 was a chanceless. innings, his eighth century of the season. It included ten fours. Sutcliffe batting for exactly four hours.

The New Zealanders met with no further success before the drawing of stumps, Hammond and Ames putting on a further 41 runs, the bulk of them obtained

free hitting mood.

by Hammond who was in a care-

New Zealand were splendid in the field, but the bowling offered. Berlin, July 29. no terrors for the England bats- It in disclosed that the rovenue

men. James did well behind the

for the first quarter of 1931 was stumps conceding only. two

314 million marks below that for extras.

the corresponding period of 1930.

"It la catastrophic," anys the Finance Minister.-Reuter.

BRITAIN'S COAST WATCHERS.

NEW CORPS TO BE FORMED BY GOVERNMENT.

London, July 29.

It is disclosed in the report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the afficiency and adequacy of the coast watching

ENGLAND.-1st Innings.

Sutelle, at James, b Vivian

Bakewell run out

K. S. Dulcepsinh, Weir, b

Allcott

Hammond bot out

Ames not out Extra

117 40

109

35

Total (for 2 wickets) ....... 312

Fall of wickels: 1 for 84 (Bake“

well); 2 for 262 (Duleep sinh); 3 for 271 (Sutcliffe).

-Reuter

4 planning Scouts, Soa Cadets, Girl Gulden

the Board of Tranfestion that the formation of a Coast Life and members of the publie over Saving Corps of between five and eighteen, and would be trained in mambers to assist usa of Life Salmricappliances; Coast Guard Bervice: » Coast Watchings) and " Signallings

and would include

would be

recruited