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DARTMOOR CONVICTS CAUGHT AFTER SIX DAYS

GAOL TRADITION BORNE OUT

THRILLING STORY OF THE MAN-HUNT

PLANES AND HOUNDS

LONDON, NOV. 23 THE TRADITION THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR PRISON HAS AGAIN BEEN BORNE OUT BY THE RECAPTURE OF THE

TWO CONVICTS, MICHAEL GASKEN AND AMEY,

AFTER SIX DAYS AT LIBERTY.

The fugitives gave their pursuers a remarkable run, although they had only reached a point about twenty- five miles from the prison when they again fell into the hands of the law. Most of their time was spent in hid- ing, moving from point to point at night, over the bleak Dartmoor Forest area.

Their six days of liberty constitutes a record. Michael Gasken is an old hand at prison escapes. It was his own record that he was breaking on this occasion, He previously escaped from Dartmoor in February, 1931, and eluded pursuit for five days on that occasion.

The capture of Gasken and Amey was made by two policemen on the railway line between Exeter and Credi- ton. The prisoners made no further bid for liberty and talked calmly with their captors of their narrow escapes from detection on several occasions.

Gasken mentioned that they were on many occa- sions within earshot of those engaged in the man-hunt, but their places of concealment were never detected.

On one occasion, they crouched in bushes when searching aeroplanes swooped only a few feet over their heads.

The nearest approach to previous capture, however, was when they actually saw the bloodhounds who had lost the scent sniffing around within ten yards of their hiding-place.

Gasken recalled that he made another escape from Birmingham Prison in 1921, but he was also recaptured then. Reuter.

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE

INDIAN PARLEY

PROBLEM

RATIO TO MEN

Landon, Nov. 22. The Indian Round Table Con- ference completed to-day its dis cussion on the women's franchise! question.

At present, women electors are in a ratio of one woman to 21 men. The Lothian Committee consider-i

MRS. MOLLISON TO FLY HOME

HOPES TO BREAK THE RECORD.

London, Nov. 22. After a further telephonic conversation from Cape Town with her husband in London, Amy Johnson to-day decided to attempt a sole flight home on about December 9th. She will again take the West Const route and hopes to establish a fresh record for the home- ward journey-British Wire- lexs.

ed this insuficient and made varia ous suggestions considerably in-

·creasing the number

voters. Literacy qualification, plus property qualification, pro- duced a ratio of one woman to 12 inen voters, and the Conference on the whole seemed to favour literacy test in preference to primary standard test, since iti kayu larger number of women voters.

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BARGA GOVERNOR RUMOURS

EXECUTION · REPORT BY JAPANESE

Shanghai, Nov. 23.

THE OPENING

OF. PARLIA- MENTI A scans at the corner of Whitehall showing crowda asom-

BUCKINGHAM PALACE RIOT PICTURES WAR DEBTS

PUBLISHED IN U.S.

BRITISH MINISTER'S PROTEST

GERMAN POLITICAL

SURPRISE

HITLER NOT TO FORM A CABINET.

Berlin, Nov. 22

ILLNESS PHOTOS lender of the Nadis, has de

bled to watch the arrival of the King FLAGRANT ATTEMPT AT|

to open the new session of Parlia

ment.

LONDON

PAGEANTRY

STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

THE KING'S SPEECH

MISREPRESENTATION

London, Nov. 22.

Lord Hailsham, Secretary for War, speaking at the Anglo-

American Pilgrims Club in Lon-

don to-day, called, attention to news pictures which had appeared in certain American newspapers purporting to show unemployed creating riota outside Bucking- ham Palace.

it is learned on good authority that Herr Hitler,

elded not to attempt to form a Cabinet-Reuter.

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C.E.R. PAYROLL ROBBERY

CASHIER SERIOUSLY

WOUNDED

CHAOS ON LINE

Harban, Nov. 23..

authorities

CHEAPER RAILWAYS

OIL-ELECTRIC

ACTION

BIG MOBILE POWER

HOUSES

London, Nov. 22.

TALK

THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE

GOOD PROGRESS

SMALL HOPE FOR

EUROPE Washington, Nov. 22.

The fateful conference be.

3.40

p.m. to-day.

An oil-electric locomotive and tween President Hoover and three mobile power houses--the Mr. Franklin Roosevelt on largest yet produced in Europe the war debt issue opened at -were inspected yesterday by Mr. Walter Runciman, Presidenti of the Board of Trade, at the Mr. Roosevelt arrived at tho Newcastle works of the Arm-White House accompanied by his strong. Whitworth company. economic adviser, Professor Ray- They will be shipped to Buenes mond Moley, formerly of Columbia Alrea for the Great Southern Rallway. The units demonstrated had each a brake horse power of) 1,700.

The locomotive is the second largest in the world and weighs! 148 tons. It is geared for both!

senger work with a speed of 70

passengers.

ge

Hoover.

Ogden Mills, Treasury De

He said that those pictures were not taken in 1932 but in 1928, and instead of represekting a riotous, London, Nov. 22.

starving, mob attempting to enter

Chaos again reigns along the heavy freight trains, in the The King, accompanied Buckingham Palace in their effort.

Eastern Railway, which the miles an hour. by the Queen, drove in State to make protests to their Sovereign, eastern section of the Chinese harvest season and for fast pas

they represented in fact, the anxie- from Buckingham Palace to ty of the many thousands of Brit-Japanese military

The mobile power-houses weigh citizens the House of Lords where, sh

who gathered at imagined they had "pacified."

10 tons each and are for use with Buckingham Palace when the According to official Informa conches of 80 feet with a seating

"bandits" have seriously capacity for 1,000

Hoonsvelt. at noon, His Majesty opened health of the King, was in danger. tion.

session of Parlia

Lord Hailekum protested against wounded and robbed M. Korsaun- The units supply electric current University. Mr. the new

this flagrant attempt to misrepre-off, the C.E.R. cashier at Heng- to motors on their own axles and Secretary of the ment..

sent conditions in Britain and paid taohotze, getting clear away with on the bogies of the earringes. {partment," was with President The route was lined by troops a warm tribute to the American the payroll of $40,000. of the Guards regiments and Consul-General in London for giv- The "bandits", held up M.

RUNNING.COSTS. police, and the pageant was vit- ing a faithful account of British Korshunoff in the presence of

Afr. Runciman, in a speech, said other station officials, who were, that oil-electric action; nessed by a vast crowd of people. events and sentiment.

-Their warm cheers were

helpless adaptation of power which could acknowledged by their Majesties, time when it was more important He was shot down in cold blend. be put to use not only by the

He said there had never been however, unarmed and who travelled in magnificent that Britain and America should

great railways but also by great TRAIN WRECKED. State Conch drawn by eight bay understand one another.

A Diesel-Electric manufacturers. Meanwhile, in the vicinity of Cunch had recently completed six horses, with mounted equerries two nations during the war had and Yeomen of the Guard on foot protected civilisation from violent Samohval, another band had pulled monthe running on the London confer with Mr. Garner, the Vice- in their picturesque uniforms. in death they had now to protect the up the tracks, causing disaster to North-Eastern service.

close attendance.

Ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Household followed in five semi-State landaus, cach drawn by

As the

economic world from equally cer- tain disaster-British Wirellan.

was

It

an

had

four horses, while the Sovereign's THE KINGDOM OF assistunt were both wounded. Two per conch mile and this was far

escort of Household Cavalry accompanied the procession.

Before the procession arrived

CANADA

MOTION TO CHANGE NAME

the Prince of Wales in a State landau drove to the House of Lords accompanied by an escort of Household Cavalry, With enstomary ceremonial, in which

Ottawa.--A proposal that the the great officers of the State and name of Canada should be changed; State officials took part, the King from the "Dominion of Canada" and Queen made their progress to the "Kingdom of Canada" is from the robing room to the contained in a motion, notice of Throne in the House of Peers.~ which has been given by Me. Armand Lavergne, Deputy Speaker of the Dominion House of Com-l

KING'S SPEECH.

The speech read by the King mons. from the Throne included the A debate on a similar motion last! following passages:

session failed to reach the order "In accordance with the con-paper. Mr. Lavergne's resolution clusion reached by the conference (rends:

reserve train, which was com-covered 25,000 miles without pletely wrecked. The wreckers hitch. The cost of fuel, lubricat then opened a heavy Bre on the ing oil and running maintenance train and the driver and his worked out at less than one penny

ollers are missing.

The C.E.R. manager has now an- nounced that he cannot permit trafe on the railway lo the east of Imienpo.

Well-informed people are unable to explain the renewal of activities in the CEIL zone to

cheaper than anything.s0 known.-British Wireless,

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SHIPPING SLUMP RESULTS

far

Hoover.

The outcome is very un- certain, but there is no "en- couragement for the belief that there will be an agree. ment to extend ; the 'mara- · torium,

Mr. Roosevelt this ovoning will

"It is felt that progress has been made" was the only in- formation at the close of a two-and-a-half hours' con- ference in the Presidential study in front of a crackling · log fire, while Secret Service agents guarded the doors.

President Hoover will con- for with members of Con- gress to-morrow-Reuter,

the cast of Harbin though it is NAVAL OFFICERS GO AS President-Elect, and Democratic.

pointed out that in view of the deadlock to the west, it appears to be an "opportune diversion." -Reuter.

STERLING UP AND DOWN

pro-

have leaders of Congress, who DECK CREW

Jalready met to-day to exchange Auckland-Owing to the ship-views.

ITALY TO PAY! ping slump British certified'officers unable to find bridge jobs have Further reason for expecting a been obliged to sign on us crew. refusal of the Anglo-French- The Commonwealth and Domi- Belgian request for a postpone- nion Line steamer Port Gisborne ment of payment has been arrived here recently from London vided by the circulation of a re- with a deck crew of eighteen young port that Italy intends to pay her officere. Sixteen of them came of war debt instalment of G$1,246,000 good English Inmilies, and the falling due on December 16.

In New York, the pound opened other two were New Zealanders.

at 1.26. rallied to 8.27% and One of the Englishmen has been closed at 8.27. The offerings Acting Sub-Lieutenant on H.M.S.following the rallies indicated that New York-Sixteen boys in a After further depreciation in Renown and another had been the pressure is due to a baller British India. They hope there- football scrum on the playing the London foreign exchange (midshipman on H.M.S. Rodney, after to place before you proposals field of Woodmere Academy were market to-day, sterling at the close (while the others had received thathat the moratorium on war debts

at Lausanne, a world economic "The name should be changed conference is to be convened by in view of the Statute of West- the League of Nations and will be minster, the traditions of the Cant- held in London as soon as possible. dian people and the constitution

"My Ministers and other mem-of this country."--Reuter.

bers of both Houses are now meeting in conference, reprcaenta-1 tives of the Indian States and of¦

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RECOVERY AT CLOSE OF MARKET

London, Nov. 22.

ELECTRIFYING ENGLAND

GRID SYSTEM NOW COMPLETED IN MID-EAST AREA

.'

will not be extended..

MR. ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS. - Mr. Roosevelt has given only

for further constitutional develop felled by a Ansh of lightning. One made a sharp recovery to 3.27. training on the Worcester. ment in India. The decisions to died a few hours later.

British Government stocks Captain Higgs of the Port Gle be taken will be of great moment Some of the boys had their backs hardened and Consols 2% per borne sold that he could not have to the whole of My Empire and against a wire screen. They all cent. in particular left off about wished for a better crew. Thore one indication of willingness to shall watch your deliberations with had their head together and iwe points up at 73%, while Now was not a single hitch on the discuss the war debte issue with deep interest.

their arms round each other, form- Conversion 3 per cent, rose and voyage. "It is a great shame," representatives of European coun ing a perfect circuit for an War Loan Assentod advanced to he said, to see so many promising tries. Speaking at Albany, he ECONOMY SCHEMES.

electric shock,—Reuter. „

964-British Wireless.

young officers unable from efreum- doclared that the foundations of to the new administration's inter- stances beyond their control "Although the various conver

turn their education and training national programme should be built alon schemes which have been successfully carried through offer

to proper use. The boys are to be on the spirit of give and take, Reuter's correspondent at Har-a prospect of large reduction in

admired for necepting the com- bartering with other nations. for Somo difficulty was encountered bin is without confirmation of the the service of the National, Debt,

pany's offer."

mutual advantages. regarding the wives and widows Rengo (Japanase) report that the it is still necessary

The captain related an incident He said he bolleves that tari: class, numbering 4,300,000, the In-Administrator of Barga, Fu Hala, careful supervision over public exercise

during the voyage which might readjustments will clusion of which would increase has been executed by General Su expenditure both national and

prove un- have turned out unfortunately, ayoldably tied up with, foreign the ratio of women voters to one Ping-wen.--Reuter.

When the vessel was in Mid-Pacific debts, local, woman to 4.4 men.

Jan ofeer-Seaman-Quartermaster Mr. Roosevelt feels that no- Several objections were ed.

Mansures already taken to assist

foll over-gotiations [Nicholl-nccidentally

toward Injuries which were said to have British industry in the home mar-

stimulating vanced to this qualification and it been inflicted with a shovel wielded

London, Nov. 22. was agreed that the matter should by another man caused Lai Yau, aged ket and to improve our markets The Contral Electricity Board nected by main transmission lines board. Boats were lowered and trade by a common lowering of he was rescued from the shark-tariffs would be the most desirable be further examined. It was 32, to be removed to the Government oversens have created a feeling of announces that as the construction operating at 132,000 volts with ox-infested waters none the worse.method of approaching the pro- suggested a separate section might Civil Hospital yesterday. The in-greator confidence. My Govern of the grid has been completed in tensions to link up with the North- Reuter.

[blem. be secured by giving powers to juries, to the back and left elbow, ment will continue to do every Mid-East England, trading opera- East, North-West and South-East

NO COALITION. · various provinces-for dealing with were not of a serlaus nature.

thing in their power to stimulato tlons in that area will begin on areas.

The New York governor hoped, these questions.

the recovery of trade, pr

January 1st,

Under the grid scheme, the pro- volts has been developed to open A secondary system at 38,000)

FAIR WEATHER the conference with President AGRICULTURE AND JOBLESS.

Herbert Hoover will be productive. duction of electricity in the area

The Royal Observatory reports of good results and will quiet ap- Regarding the method of eles-to a lator decision regarding the depressed by the general fall in stations. These include two at and transmission lines in other that the anticyclone has moved prehension': 'ovor

Agriculture has long been will be concentrated in 16 selected up certain agricultural districts,

approaching tion to the British Indian seats in size of the House, the Fedoral Assembly, the Con- It was generally agreed that the wholesale prices of Its pro-Kirkstall and Forry Bridge, which important industrial centres of the gatward to the south of Japan, storms on the debt situation.

He is prepared to co-operats ference favoured direct election, qualifications for the present ducts My Ministers recogniso have reached a thermal eficiency Mid-East England area include Moderate to Fresh monsoon will

provall along the coast to the with the President on Inmediate but as this question is not uncon- Legislative Councils would be sult that though the measures recently por unit generating in excess of wide stretches of agricultural south of Foochow and over the problems, but will not court any nected with that of the size of the able for the new assembly taken in regard to meat and other 23 per cont, the national average territory until recently electrically Northern China Sea. Local fore thing looking like a coalition gove Federal Assembly,, it was decided British Wireless,

(Continued on Paga 7.) boing about 16 per cent.

undeveloped. British Wireless). cast:-N.E. winds, fresh; fair.ernment Beuter.

FEDERAL ASSEMBLY.

that acquiesconco in direct elec- tion should be without projudico'

Sixtoon stations are inter-con-

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