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Our photo shows one of the Schneider Trophy machines picked up by the camora when travelling at over six miles a minute.

PACIFIC FLIGHT

DISASTER FEARED.

LONG FRUITLESS SEARCHES.

HOPES FADING.

After days of search among the remote islands along the route which would have been taken by Dori Moyle and Cecil Allen, who set out from Japan last week in an at- tempt to span the Pacific nonstop, hope for their safety

has almost been given up.

The Kaiapoi Mishap.

Badly Damaged on Borneo Reef.

SALVAGE PLANS.

Rumours in shipping circles this morning that the Henry Keswick, was to be despatched to North Borneo to salvage the 9.8. Kaiapoi, which ran aground! near Sitaki on

September 3, were stated by Messrs. Win-1 iamson and Co. to be unfounded..

According to wireless reports From Zamboanga. the Kaiapoi struck a reef south of Sitanki and set off without

Only once after their deparis "unable to turc were the daring fliers assistance." actually sighted, an hour out of

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36 PER ANNUM

BINGLE COPY 10 GENTA

LOCAL BRANCH.

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BRITAIN SMASHES ALL AIR SPEED RECORDS.

Flt. Lieut. Stainforth Averages 386.1 Miles an Hour.

THOUSANDS WATCH

TRIUMPH.

FULL DETAILS OF SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACE.

BOOTHMAN'S DARING.

LAPPING in one direction at the phenomenal speed of 404 miles an hour, nearly seven miles a minute, Flight Lieutenant Stainforth, of the British Schneider Trophy team, yester- day created a new world air speed record, flying one of the new silver-and-blue Vickers Supermarine Rolls-Royce $-6 B seaplanes.

The weather conditions were not nearly perfect for high speed flying, but a bright sun made a thrilling

spectacle for the thousands of spectators as Britain's tiny and beautiful monoplanes flashed through the sky' at speeds never previously attained by man.

Lieutenant Stainforth's speed, which is subject

to confirmation by the Federation Aeronautique Inter.[ national, was 386.1 miles an hour, or 621.3; kilometres an hour. He made six runs over the three kilometro

course and the speed for the purpose of the record was taken from the average of the best four consecutive runs. On his second run he achieved 404.6 miles an hour.

THIRTY-ONE MILES IN 5 MINUTES.

One of the Vickars Supermarin Rolls-Royce 5.8 B, the fastest machines in the world, taxi ing off from

th Calshot hangar in a cloud of spray,

SOLDIERS' CAR ESCAPADE.

Police Posses Rushed.

LATEST ATLANTIC CRUISER RUSHES

FLIGHT.

YEAR'S FIRST FROM

WEST TO EAST.

Lisbon, Sept. 13.

The year's first atempt to fly the

Atlantic from West to East was

TO BELIZE.

FOOD URGENTLY NEEDED.

witnessed for a large crowd to-day STRICKEN CITY.

when thro airmen, Wily Redy, and Clatlan Johansen, poth Germans, and Costa Vie, a Portuguese start.

EXCITEMENT ON for New York from Junegi, neur

MAINLAND.

Found sleeping peacefully in

Villa Franc

The fllers are using a Junkers aeroplane specially constructed for the adventurous trip which has only once been accomplished without a

a "stolen" car at Castle Penk, hitch-Benter. two privates of the South Wales Borderers were arrested in the

early hours of yesterday morn ing after a joy-riding escapade Lieut. Boothman's fastest lap which caused considerable excite- was his first, which took five ment among the mainland police. minutes, 26 seconds speed Their adventures began at 8.10

PORTUGUESE FALLS OFF VERANDAH.

London, Sept. 13,

H. M. S. Danao is racing at full speed for Belize, British Honduras, with food and medical supplies, which are urgently needed in the hurri... · cane-stricken city.

The U.S.S. Rochester carrying similar relief atores is also re-

ported to be speeding to assist the British authorities, while the Colonial Office, through tho' Shipping Conference, has re- quested any British ships in the vicinity to render all assistance in their power.

Another vessel belonging to the Earlier in the afternoon, Great] Sabishiro Beach, though four same concern. the Kamong, is: Britain had won for the third! passengers. aboard the 8.8, standing by the Kaiapoi, ready to time in succession, the Schneider Arthur Balwin, which was near take off her master (Captain J. Trophy, for which there has been

of 343.1 m.ph, which compares p.m. on Saturday when they hired a COMPOUND FRACTURES Dutch Harbour, stated that they develop, while we qnderstand that 1913 and which, by the rules, now

Baldwin and crew should danger nee on eleven occassions since with the best lap in the 1929 | public car at the Star Ferry and in-1 heard the ham of an aeroplane

race (by Lieut. Atcherley) of structed the driver to take them third Williamson steamer is remains with Britain.

332.49 m.p.h.

round the New Territories. • at about ten p.m. on September to leave here for Burneo with

At Shatin they asked the driver The winning pilot was Flight Boothman's best time for 100 to stop, which he did, and then. Fishing boats off Hokkaido and "The Kainuot seems to have been Lieutenant in the yine kilometres (just over 60 miles) after a little preliminary manor the Kurile Islands have co-operated badly damaged. She is a vessel of another S-6 B, a twin of the flying was over the first two laps, foring, assaulted and threatened him. ment Civil Hospital suffering from health. The death roll from the with American constguard cutters about 2,000 tons gross, her dimen-bullet in which Stainforth later which his time was 10 minutes. Ile bolted, leaving them in in the search for traces of the fliers sions being: length 279.2 feet. "xceeded the world record. 2.9 seconds. His second lap. It session of the ear. afloat and ashore without result. breadth: 40, feel, deep length,

will be noted, was only 8/10the of Hundreds of miles have been 18.1 feet.

In second glower than his first!

Perfect Landing.

sulvage gear.

covered, dozens of islands scoured. Sitanki is a small town in Sibutu.

Record Smushed.

Lieutenant Boothman, without

and it is feared that they were Islands, which are situated be putting his machine on fullest forced to alight on the sea, which tween Tawi-Tawi, Islands and throttle, beat the previous record must have overwhelmed them in an Borneo,

hour or so.

The fast hope is that they are

somewhere in the Aleutians, making FASCIST, RISING

their way to some spot where com-

munication can be established. It is

possible that this might take days,

even

if both were fit and well.

Four cutters pre investigating.

IN AUSTRIA.

all islands from Dutch Harbour to LIKELY TO BE SHORT!

the tip of the chain which ends

Allu. The search has been

because of the remoteness

of these islands, where otherwise j

LIVED.

Vienna, Sept. 13. The Fascist uprising is likely to the airmen could be marooned for be of short-lived duration. weeks.

The Ministerin Council today Their machine carried no wire-resolved "to use all means within -loss equipment.

the power of the State to restore peace and order at the earliest pos- siblt moment and to take strict pro- ceedings against the authors of the movement."

PEACE PRIZE POSSIBLES.

The revolt in Kirchdorf has been completely suppressed, and order is reported to have been restored in

HOOVER, GANDHI AND Bruck.

RAMSAY MAC

Osin, Sept. 10,--~ President Herbert Hoover, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Mahatma Gandhi, were prominently mention.. ed to-day as possible Nobel peace prize winners.

This year's prize. will soon be awarded, and will amount to 173.- 206 kroner or approximately $18, $00.

The same amount will also go

to the winners of the Nobel prizes

All other provinces are for the present quite peaceful.-Router.

STOP PRESS.

..HIGHER SPEEDS

DEMANDED.

The "Fun" Begins.

The time was then about ten

SUFFERED. According to a report made to the police this morning. Mr. L. J. the Governor indicates that the The latest information from the Noronha, of 266 Wanchai Road, aftution is fairly well in hand has been removed to the Govern-und that the survivors are in good compound fractures to his left leg hurricane and tidal wave is now nud left hand.

known to exceed three hundred, Mrs, Noronha, who took her and hundreds of others have been husband to the hospital, stated injured. o'clock, but the driver managed to that he was on the verandah at The Klug and the Colonial After the seventh lun, in a race induce the European driver of a 2.16 this morning when he neel-Secretary (Mr. J. H. Thomas) have "Bent messages of sympathy.-- for the course by nearly twelve it which his consistency of per private car to stop and take him to dentally fell into the street. miles an hour. He crossed the formance was remarkable, Lieut. the nearest pollee station, after eight of 18 feet. His condition British Wireless.

is regarded as being fair. starting line soon after 1.10 pm. Boothman took his machine high which the "fun" really began.

fter successfully completing the into the air and then circled round Hicult preliminary tests

of over the Solent before swooping laking-off, slighting and taxi-ing, down to make a perfect landing,

He covered the seven lups of It was not long afterwards that the course total distance of light Lieutenant Stainforth took 217.49 miles an hour in 38 up the second 5-B 6.to attack the minutes, 22 seconds!

record for the international 3-1 kilometre course, of. 357.7 m.p.h. This wonderful performance sot up by Squadron Lender gave him an average speed of Orlebar, the captain of the High 340.08 miles an hour, as against Speed Flight, in 1929. He excced.

Lieut.. Staisforth, Squadron --Lander-Orlebar-(captain-of-the Schneider team) and Lieut. Boothman.

ed the previous record by 29 m.p.h. though it was generally expected, after his second. brilliant run of 404.6 mph. that the margin belterment would be greater,

British Supremacy.

of)

A message was circulated to all stations in Kowloon and the New Territories to keep a lookout for the soldiers, and numerous police patrols where placed on the main-

and roads.

LORD INCHCAPE CONVERTED.

THINKS A TARIFF .

DESIRABLE.

ROBBERS GET A FRIGHT.

DECAMP WITHOUT ANY BOOTY.

The car came into contact with these patrols on soveral occasions, bui the soldier driving stepped on the accelerator and several policemen had narrow

After gaining admission to the London, Sept. 14. cscopes from being knocked Lord Inchcape, who has been a third floor of 12, Catchick Street down.

life-long Free Trader, has joined yesterday afternoon, three men Short of placing an phetruction the ranks of the Protectionists. armed with the blades of scissors, (if they had the means) across the

baing In the course of an article in the decamped, on the alarm road, the police were baffled and the Daily Mail, he declares that "in raised, without any loot. soldiers continued their joyride present conditions I admit the ex- In reporting the incident to the here, there and everywhere, until, pediency of a tariff to protect in- police, Ka Ho, a married woman, apparently, the petrol gave out at dustry and agriculture."-Reuter. said that at 2 p.m. whilst she was In veronauticni circles,

Castle Peak. Here they were found, triumphs by Flight Llouts. Bouth-

in the sitting room three men en- tered the premises, the door man and Stainforth are regardedth of them sound asleep, at 1.25 as having been won in the months.m. yesterday.

the car. He was fined $26 recent which was opened by a child six of technical and scientific struggle

ly for a similar öffence. preceeding the Race and as con- They were charged at Kowloon labour was passed on Price on went into the front part of the Sentence of two months hard years of age. Two of the intrud ers, armed with scissor blades, atituting-a-remarkable-tribute to this morning before Mr. Fraser the supremacy of British engine with assaulting the driver, driving the first charge, $100 or a month premises, while the third went to and aircraft buildora-British the car without permission of the on the second, 87.50 or one week the rear cubicle. Wireless.

The woman raised the alarm by Booth was sentenced to two

the

In the Dock,

"

to

the previous regged, establiaked by

owner, failing to pay for car hire, on the third, and $5 on the fourth. the Inte Squadron Leader R. H. D. The new machines are developed and driving without licences. Waghorn of 328.63 miles an hour. from the winning plane of 1929, They gave their names as Pri- months' hard labour and a fine of shouting "Save life!" and the men which was held in reserve for vate Albert Price and Private Ro7.50. The $7.50 Anes were order-decamped without taking any. Boothman's Wonderful Effort."

ad to be paid to the driver. yesterday's event in case of a bort Booth, and Sergeant Clark, who mishap Exteriorally, they differ prosecuted, declared that three

rific

oach.

llquor. They seemed sober at 1.48

4.1.

By normal tests of comparison, little. The 9-6 B is a trifle bigger other charges, including that of London, Sopt: 14. Boothman's feat is a finer tribute than the S-6 A, chiefly because of refusing to stop when called upon The 404 m.p.h. accomplished by to the new racing machine than the need for extra fucf space. The by the police, could have been pre- in literaturé, medicine, chemistry Flight Lieut. Stainforth In one of Stainferth's. He kept up a engine, however, is substantially ferred. He did not know whether and physics.

The fund from which the prizes his laps yesterday has not satisfied average of 740 m2 or to termore powerful, without being any they were under the Influence of

bigger, ace awarded now totals 01,678,438 the speed merchants, who are "hot-tance of 217 miles, with two ter seven times kroner, or approximately $8,442,-ting up another engine for a fur- returns to

Flying Radiators. Stainfortate

record, wa 150, and. founded by the latether attack on the record some established in straight flying, and The record-breakers may be con-lice Alfred Nobel multi-millionaire time during the middle of this week, the travelling distance for pursidered from one point of view as Swedish Inventor who reaped a

pose of rocard was only 18 kilo- flying radiators. -Reuter.

bayaan fortune from the manufacture of

metros, a triflo over 10 miles.

No problem is more difficult in high explosives.

Announcement of the names of early in November to be awarded on. It is interesting to note that the the design of modern super-racing the winners probably will be made December 10, the anniversary of first race, in 1918, was won by aircraft than the provision of Fet #WAY towards the end of October or the inventor's death.

France at a speed of 45.78 miles quate cooling surface auto 1929, Bess an hour! -

Tired of Army Mr. Fraser (to accused). What have you got to say,

Nothing Bir. Price:

Why did you do it?--I wanted to

From the Ariny?—Y 884 Bergeant Clark said Price drove

thing.