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FOUNDED 1000 SAD WITЯAXWF WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. BAMAŁt
BELGENLAND MYSTERY.
WRECKAGE AND BODIES.
WASHED UP ON FU YAN I.
KWONGSANG'S FATE
THOUGHT TO
HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
UNNAMED BRITISH SURVIVOR PICKED UP.'
FOOSHING DISCOVERY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Shanghai, Aug. 19.
E
THE MYSTERY of the fate of the Jardine steamer Kwongsang, which disappeared on Sunday or Monday of last week, apparently without trace, seems to have been tragically solved by information received in Shanghai, to the effect that one of the British officers of the missing vessel has been rescued alive off Fu Yan Island.
The name of the officer, who appears at this stage to be the only survivor of a terrible tragedy of the sea, is not yet known.
Graf Zeppelin in Right.
ZEPPELIN IN ENGLAND.
Pleasant Scene at
Hanworth.
London. Aug. 18.
DISAPPEARANCE OF
RICH JAPANESE.
CRIES IN THE NIGHT.
New York, Aug. 18.
The New York police are investigating what appears to be one of the most re- markable murder mysteries and sea dramas of recent years, the victim being (it is. feared) one of Japan's wealthiest business men, Mr. Hisashi Fujimura.
Mr. Fujimura mysteriously the well- disappeared from known round the world Belgenland on the high seas.
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LOCAL BRANCH,
Poddar Bldg.
BRITISH SCHNEIDER TROPHY
AIRMAN CRASHES TO DEATH
The Ill fated Supermarine Rolls-Royce S 6A in which Lieut. Brinton
was killed.
Liner THIRD TEST MASKED BANDITS
play Foul
Was {mmediately the police were suspected and
the nequainted with the facts of ense when the Belgenland docked at New York after her return from a special eruire.
A search was made of the ship from stem to stora and no trace of Mr. whatever was found
Falimura,
Various, passengers declared that
in the early hours of the morning they heard screame and shouts, followed by a sudden silence.
FIASCO.
SUTCLIFFE HITS CENTURY.
London, Aug. 18.
It seemed farcical ió atart
First Flight
in Crack Machine.
Rescue Effort Fails.
EXTRAORDINARY MISHAP.
RAID GERMAN BANK. Schneider
GRIM SHOOTING SCENES.
London, Aug. 18. Lieut. Brinton, one of the soven members of the British Trophy team, plunged into the sca of Calshot this evening in one of the high-speed planes used for training, and was drown- ed.
the Third Test Match at Man-FIVE PASSERS-BY years of age and one of the
to
chester at all. after the ex: perience of the first two days,
out England went but Mr. Fujimura, who is one of the bat late in the afternoon The famous German airship.
was accompanied on Graf Zeppelin, commanded by most prominent of Japanese silk after T.C. Lowry and won the De. Eckener. flew to England mporters.
the cruise by his daughter and a to89. from Friedrichshafen to-day.
The airship crossed the Chanel former musical show girl-Reuter. late in the afternoon and after
visiting several South Coast re- hvasted for London. over For nearly an at Hanworth
The bodies of many of the victims and a consider. able amount of wreckage, supposed to be from the Kwongsang, have been washed ashore in the same vicinity, and local fishermen have related a story which which it ertised leaves little room for doubt that the Kwongsang met hour before landing at Har with disaster in going to the assistance of the distressed disembark its passengers, Waishing, belonging to the same company, which had been driven ashore in Nam Kwan Bay. RESCUED BY FISHERMEN,
The airship first appeared over
Hanworth before proceeding to
1,000-MILE FLIGHT IN ARCTIC.
GERMAN AIRMAN
He put England in to bat and a score of 224 for a wickets was pul up in quick time before stumps. were drawn.
The full seores follow:
ENGLAND.-1at fanings,
Butelife not out... Paynter, c. James,
Vivian
Cromb
London just after six o'clock in ENCOUNTERS DIFFICULTIES.K, S. Duleepsinhji, e Allcott, b the evening. Over Central Lon den, the giant vassel attractel she Interested gaze of thousands of
24-Hour Cruise.
The British survivor of the Kwongsang tragedy was rescu-homeghing workers. ed by fishmen and has been landed at Funingfu, a small port on the north coast of Fukien Province. It is stated that he is. quite well and anxious enquiries have been despatched froni Shanghai in an effort to establish his identity.
The airship crossed the Themes near the Bouses of Parlantat
Hammond, Cromb, b Vivian Copenhagen, Aug. 18
Gronau.. R. Jardine not dut
Extras The German airman, who is surveying an, American Europe air route, made a 1,000. from mile flight to Godtbuah Scoresby Sound..
He had the greatest dimeully
the wings.- worth where it arrived at 6.45 p.m. to ice forming The discovery of the tragedy was made by the sis. Foo, and made its way back to Han in keeping up his machine, owing shing, another vessel of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Com- and landed exactly at 7 p.m. in Reuter, pany, which has been scouring the seas in the region where the accordance with the Kwongsang was last seen, and deriving certain information previously made by the authori from fishermen, communicated with H.M.S. Sepoy, which collaties. borated in confirming the facts related.
FISHERMEN'S RESCUE STORY:
suggestion i
Total (for 3 wickets)
WOUNDED.
:
Berlin, Aug. 18.
A sensational daylight at- tack by masked bandits on
■ branch of the Reichsbank is engaging the attention of the police.
Lleut Brinton, who was 24
youngest members of the Bri- tish team, was the first and only airman selected from the Naval Air Arm for high-speed flying.
He took off towards dusk for his first flight in the Super- marine Rolls-Royce S-6A, the machine in which the late Flight Licut. H.R.D. Waghorn (who The story of the raid, which was killed while testing a plane successful, has horrified in June last) won the Schneider Trophy at well over 300 m.p.h. the city on account of the indis-
was
criminate shooting by the ban in 1929.
109 dits in making their escape.
The raid was made at mid-day
63 on the Schoenburg District branch
26
Eyewitness's Version.
Reuter's representative
at
of the Reichsbank. Though the Caishat, describing the circum-
28 streets were crowded, there were stances of the tragedy, says he
3 only a few customers in the bank saw the machine rising from the
when two armed and masked men water us though to take off...
It was travelling at about 1 224 rushed in and started firing at the!
Fall of wickets: 1 for 8; 2 for cashiers, one of whom was serious hundred miles an hour.
-134; 3 for 166.
Bowling Analysis.
0. NJ. 1.
W
Matheson
12
40
0
Cromb
16 6 33
Allcott
27
6 75
0
Vivian
14
1. 54 2
1
1
0 3 0
Lowry
The Graf Zeppelin left fan-work on his next visit.
A party of over twenty, including Blunt worth on
A twenty-four hour
the Manice of Sempill and Colone! ernise of the British Istes at seven
Sheimerdine, the Director of Civil minutes past eight.
Avintian. boarded the Zeppelin for her British cruise.
Presentation Made. During the brief hall at Hun- worth, the Under-Secretary: for
0 12 0
Suteliffe was stolid rather than brilliant, though his century this eleventh of the senson) included The landing and departure at a six and nine fours. He did not Air, Mr. F. Montague, presented Hanworth was skilfully handled give a single chance.
K.S. Duleepslubji batted bright. added 126 runs. He made exactly The identity of the bodies re-ul after a furious battle usgainst. Dr. Eckener with a gold casket as by a squad of 200 volunteers re- covered and that of the apparently the phoon, is about 60 miles from a mark of the British Air Council's ruited from the local railway ly. His partnership with Sutcliffe The local fire brigade imped half the total. There was, how- sole survivor is undetermined owing Fochow. Faningfu is only thirty congratulations on his accomplish-jand factory staffs. to the mengreness of the informas miles from Nam Kwan Bay and itments.
Mr. Montague said the Air three tona. ofporary ballast ever, little interest in the play.--| tion wirelessed to Jurdine's through is believes that the Kwongsane was! H.M.S. Sepoy, which together with headed to the assistance of the Ministry hoped fittingly to show Zeppelin for temporary ballast.Renter.. the Fooshing is still searching. Washing when herself overtaken their appreciation of Dr. Eckener's Renter and British Wireless.
The message stated that while by disaster. investigating the shores of Funding!
Bay, the officers of the Fooshing
No Doubt in Shanghal.
encountered native fishing craft. The wreckage washed ashore is The men of these small boats inlaid to have come from an
Indo: ed that a foreign officer of the China boul, leaving no doubt inj
local shipping circles that the ap COMANACI
prehensions of the past few days; were only on justified. The Kwonganng
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
carried
six
Ten Per Cent. General Tariff
for Revenue Purposes.
European officers and a crew of 56 Daily Herald Forecast of Decisions of
** Information has been received-by Chinese. The only first-class pas-) Mesara. Jardine, Matheson & Co. senger. Whs Mr. Shroff, a cousin Ltd., that a vessel in reported sunk at of Mr. J. H. Ruttonjer of Hong- Fuyan Island, also that many pieces of kong, and fairly well known In Indo-China 8.N. Co.'s lifebelts and a Shanghai,
quantity of petensibly ground nut
oll has been seen on water surface
in the vicinity. It is also reported by
the Lighthouse keeper at Incog Light
GRA
Ebinhua's Report.
When the B. & S., Chinhua
Cabinet Economy Committee.
London, Aug. 19. The Daily Herald; the that Labour organ, states the Economy Committee of the Cabinet are to propose for the decision of the Full Cabinet to-day:
day, but what those proposals will be remains offlelally, an impouc -- trable secret.
NAUTILUS OFF TO POLE.
GREAT ADVENTURE
BEGUN.
London, Aug, 18. The Polar sumbarine Nau- tilus, with Sir Hubert Wil. kine aboard, has, left Long. year City, Spitzbergen, on an attempt to reach the North Pale under the Arctic ice- pack.
ly
wounded.
One of the Intruders jumped on the counter and seized a bundle of notes (mounting to twenty thou sand marks) then decamping with his accomplice as the alarm bells rung out.
The bandits rushed outside and jumped €11 to waiting motor-cycle and made off, firing on their pursuers,
After a.......second or two....of. flying clear of the water, the plane matte, a downward swoop and struck the water heavily, It appeared to bounce about forty feet into the air and then crashed and turned turtle. Motor-launches rushed to the scene of the mishap from every The robbers escaped leaving five direction, and. a number of men, child, including another member of the passers-by, including wounded by their bullets-Reuter. Schneider Cup Leam, Flight- Lieutenant L. S. Snaith repeatedly dived from the launches in heroic GERMAN WOMAN
efforts to extricate Lieut. Brinton from the wreck of the plane."
Safety Belt Tragedy, One of the mechanics, actually
A
FLIER. ARRIVAL AT MOSCOW.
Moscow, Aug, 18. got hold of Brinton, who was atill... Fraulein Marga Von Eizdorf, in the cockpit, but he was unable who is following the trail of Mias to release the safety belt and was. Amy Johnson to Tokyq, and who forced to let go by exhaustion.
The rescue parties found the left Tempelhof Aerodromg this
floats of the muchíne torn from morning, anded at Moscow at the machine and drifting eight 8.55 p.m.-Reuter..
yards away.
LINDBERGHS OFF AGAIN.
FORCED, DOWN BUT
- RESUME.
Tokyo, Aug. 19. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh have taken off from Petropavlovsk, in Sibera, for Numuro.
The plane took off at 9,45 a.p.. shortly afterwards the hut
After the plans have been "The romantic vonture which endorsed by the Full Cabinet they has attracted the attention of the machine was forced down at Avat House that the hadlew of Warrived in Hongkong this morning,
will be revealed to the Opposition whole world commenced at four cha Buy, owing to engine trouble. foreigners and two Chinese have
It was able, however, "to_ro-start leaders. been washed up, the body. of one the chief ofleer (Mr. Hood) In- formed the Harbour Department
to Sir Hubert expects get at 10.45.-Reuter. Important meatings with the o'clock this afternoon. foreigner belag washed out to again. These badles are unidenti-that on the trip down the coast, &
A general tariff of ten per three most powerful and in within four hundred miles of the Body-was-sighted-about five de fable..
cent. for revenue purposes; fluential Latour political-or- Every endeavour is being made by grees South-West of Fu Yu -
ganisations, with the object of Polo before being compelled to use
the Nautilus as a submarine. the Naval Authorities and the ad. The vetini was Boating on
securing goodwill for the economy Foothing
definite the surface in a standard lifebelt, 10 establish grounds as to whether the above in or
engagements of the Government.
Thursday's Meetings.
In not in connexion with B., Kwong- sang, and invexligations' are proceed- Ing.
Kwongsang had been rescued from the, ses savernl days previously by other flahermen, and taken to the city of Funingfu nearby. He was stated to be alive and well.
Both II.M.8, Sepoy and the Fooshing have landed parties on
the shores of Xaxing Bay
A CRUEL FAMILY.
-EŠTELLE TAYLOR'S
The temporary suspension
of the Sinking Funds
A special tax on fixed in- terest bearing securities.
It
proposals, form part of Thursday's is, however, probable that instead LATEST U. S. BANK
.
and of passing right across
Point Barrow, Alaska, ! omerging at
Bub- as originally intended, the It is not known whether The Consultative Commitice marine will return to Spitzbergen this is to be regarded as intelll- the Cabinet (twelve in number) after reaching the Pole.
Sir Hubert plans to spend two anticipation or gent
mero which keeps Ministers in touch
with the Parliamentary Labour days at the Pole in scientific guesswork.
on Thursday morning. investigation-Reuter The Economy Committee Party meets on ended its aufvey of the general and in the afternoon there will be the TU.C. And the Coun ·OL! In reply to Jack Dempsey's economic situation this evening a Joint meeting of the Goaaral
Labour Executive potition for divorce, Estelle Tay-after sitting throughout the lor has filed a divorce suit against whole day.
REPLY.
Los Angeles, Aug. 18.
5 Dempsey, charging him
general cruelty.
the
Eu Yan Island, off which Kwongsang seems to have founder
with
Dempsey's petition is on--the ground of "mental cruelty," Reuseria American Service,
of
the
It is occted that the Prime
WEATHER REPORT: WEATH The Royal Observatory reports
fleuter understands that Mr. Minister and his four colleagues/ that the typhoon has moved rapid- Ramsay MucDonald and ble
pression remains over BW, Chlua colleagues were able to reach a of the Economy Committee will be ly to the N.W. of Korea. A de general agreement on the proposals present at both meetings-Reuter A Leeble anticyclone covers Japan. For athæission to the Cabinet to, and British Wireless,"
FAILURE.
LOS ANGELES FIRM CLOSES DOWN.
↑
Body Not Found
Later. When the fuselage of tho wrecked Schneideg, plane was pull- ed ashore late to-night, the body of Lieut. Brinton was not found In- the cockpit as expected.
It is believed that the bolt must have broken and that he was washed away.Reuter,
PRINCE SAFE IN FRANCE.
-MEETS-BAD WEATHER
ON FLIGHT.
Biarritz, Aug. 18. H... the Prince of Wales, who took off in his private plans from Windsor Great Park this morning, has arrived here after an adven-.. turous flight in extremely bad weather.
New York, Aug. 18. The United States National Bank
His Royal Highness had to in (n Los Angeles Institution which 18 not connected with the Govern terrupt his journey more than ment in any way) did not open its onco on account of the adverses
weather.
*. Calls: vare made at doors this morning. --
The resources of the firm were Lumpno, La Bourget and Tours,
The Prince spending a holiday dollars.--Reuior's "American Ser at Cap Breton, near Barril
Reuter and British Wireless stated to be over thirteen million
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