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No. 14320

五拜雞 號八月六英港香 FRIDAY, JUNE 8,

1934.

日七廿月四

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PRES. LINCOLN'S 150-MILE RACE TO HONOLULU

FIRST TEST PITCH PERFECT

GLORIOUS WEATHER IN{ PROSPECT

THE, FORTUNE OF

-

THE TOSS

London, June 7.

MARINETIZERS BALLERIN TİKURANGKANĒTIKULALIAN COPA KETE

UNCERTAINTIES OF

FIRST TEST

Final Decision At Last

Moment

R. E. 5. Wyatt is not like- ly to lead the England team in the First Test to-day. The decision is, however, being left to the last pos sible moment. The com- position of the side will not be known until an hour or two before the match.

Nottingham has every-BANIA thing in readiness for the

First Test.

Glorious ·weather is forecast.

AIR

the pitch at Trent Bridge Is little MINISTER

short of perfection. and 451

enormous erowd. fairly certain to

break all, records for the ground, CRASHES

is metaphorically waiting for the

gutes to open,

Regrets are expressed on all hunds that Larwood is unable to play, for the pitch is ident for his bowling, being to-day one of the fastest ever produced at Notting- HIL.

Yesterday's rainfall, not heavy, www opportune as it helped to bind the turf together, making it well- nigh perfect.

NOSE-DIVES AT

HESTON

NARROW ESCAPE:

UNHURT

London, June 7. HOTELS OVERTAXED.

Lord Londonderry, the Nottingham's hotels are filled to overtlowlag, being quite incap Secretary of State for Air, able of coping with the demand piloting a machine at accommodation. They have Heston Aerodrome to-day, for been compelled to send visitors away in scores and they have been nose-dived as the result of a obtaining

breakfast in the bad landing and had a very and bed village ines and, hostelries on the narrow escape from death ronds lending out of Nottingham

for serious injury. for several milen distant.

It was not a bad crash but Lord London- derry W The Australian cricketers ar-lucky to 14- rived in Nottingham last night. (cape injury.

Overseas visitors are numerons,} particularly from Australia.

CLEM HILL'S FORECAST.,

Mr. W. M. Woodfull, the cap-! The Secretary. tain of the team, said that the for Air ད་རྣ༥ eleven for the Test would not be ring in his nanounced until to-morrow (Fri-jowin machine day morning.

when Clem fill, former Test playerimishap far Australia,

1hr expressed

jeurred.

the

Londonderry

M

FIRE ISOLATED UNDER CONTROL

POSSIBILITY OF SABOTAGE

PASSENGERS SLEEP IN BELTS

(Special to "Telegraph")

( Telegraph. Copyright, Teixgraphio Mes Onfisanet. F*PL. liecrived

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Honolulu, June 7. After a 150-mile race to Honolulu, with fire isolated in No. 7 hold, but still burn- ing, firemen are now on board the President Lincoln battl- ing the flames.

A naval cutter, the Itasca, went out to meet the Pres. Lincoln lest any emergency might nrise, and ac companied her into harbour,

It is not believed that her sail- ing will be long delayed.

There are

168 passengers on board and they all expressed themselves to be extremely glad to be in Honolulu after being up for the greater part occasionally orchestra that was pinted on deck to keep up their morale.

of night, dancing to

an

Captain Yardley insists that there was never any real danger, although a fierce blaze had to be fought in the hold at the outset.- United Press.

FIRE OUT.

Later.

The destroyer Dunnudin also accompanied the Lincoln to Hono lulu.

Firemen have now checked, thei ames and commenced removing!

IS.

The President Lincoln has arrived at Honolulu where the fire in her No. 7 hold has been extinguished.

The captain has voiced suspicions of sabotage.

AUSTRALIA. LEADS

IN' DAVIS CUP

Japanese Players Drop Singles

The Australian Davis Cup players gained a lead of two matches to nil in their con-- test with Japan at East- bourne yesterday.

N.R.A. CHANGE OF POLICY

PRICE-FIXING TO BE ABANDONED

NEGOTIATION IN FUTURE

Washington, June 7

Yet another important modi.

the cotton that caused the trouble. fication in N.R.A. policy has been Captain George Yardley sald that ordered, as a result of the ex-

opinion that victory would prob. ¦ | He was practising with a pa-the passengers were summoned on perience of its operations in the

the

The

leck and informed that they were

The abandonment of the policy"

ably depend upon the winning of

and when descending the great senger. of toss in View

the aerodrome. Lordt endangered. Most of them last twelve months. strength in the batting of both verabot

had retired by 1 am, sleeping in) Londonderry

out opened trans-Reuter,

engine to circle round again, but their lifebelts. the engine did not pick up suf- ticiently quickly.

WATER SHORTAGE

POSITION

NEED FOR ECONOMY IN USE

VERTRIS RECALLED.

of price-fixing, except in the case of the development of clear-cut emergencies, has been announced

This is the firat definite pro-

question.

NEAR AGREEMENT

AT GENEVA

LACEY'S FINE GOLF

BRITON LEADS IN U.S. OPEN

EQUAL FIRST WITH. 71

New York, June 7.

A. J. Lacey, one of the few British challengers, occupied,

a prominent position at the close of the first round in the American open golf cham- |pionship to-day.

.

He was equal first with twa Americans, with a score of 71, a brilliant performance on A diny when the conditions were as bad as they possibly could be.

The open championship this year is being played over the Ardmore' course in Pennsylvania. and the commencement was great- ed by a blustering wind that enused the worst general Juvel of

[GERMANY'S RETURN IN play in open tournament in recent

SIGHT

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")

(By. Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic, Messages Ordinance, Jani. Received. June 8. 9.08 dan)

Geneva, June 7.

years.

Many of the usual prominent performere finished hopelessly behind owing to the vagaries of the wind.

Amateurs occupied fairly prominent place, but the best of them, the holder of the title, was five strokes behind Lacey at the close of the day.

Lawson Little. fresh from his conquest In the British amateur open championship, was twelve

BEST. SCORES,

Among the best scores were: A. J. Lacoy (Britain) R. Cruikshank Cox

Germany's return to the Disarmament Confer-strokes behind the lenders.

once is believed to be practically assured, although those closely connected with the negotiations that have so dramatically improved the outlook decline to make any disclosures concerning the inducement that has effected the change in Germany's attitude.

M. Barthou and Mr. Anthony Eden had a long conversa- tion to-day and it is obvious that a greatly improved atmosphere now prevails.

It is the view of the British delegates that the future of the Conference entirely depends upon the Franco- German conversations that are promised.

t

k

Cene Sarazen G. Von Elm' A. N. Runyan M. Dutra

-13, Culci-s Craig Wood Golden Billy Barke Walter Hogen

Johnny Goodmun

J. Westland

J. Moreland

T. P. Perkins.

71

71 71

75

70

76

70

77

77

the former

British amateur champion, now In' business in the United States,

a card

ton and Tommy Armour, 83. by Lawson Little and 85 by Fischer. -Reuter.

PRISONER ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL

Widle trying to avoid some tall | Captain Yardley said he recalled by General Hugh Johnson, LA FORMULA FOR CONTINUATION OF CONFERENCEs include of 75, and other trees, into which he nearly the Vestris disaster and decidedAdministrator. collided, Lord Londonderry tursi-to take no chances in the event

Complete agreement between the factor in a solution is to obtain ed, the machine lost flying speed of the spread of the lifebelts and nouncement on the vexed price British and French delegates re-some approximation of view on return to disarmament between those two and none-dived in rough ground broadcast an 8.0.5. outside the nerodrome, being slight- Her sailing time is now uncer- The www polley substitutes garding Germany's ly damaged with the tall high in the tain-United Press.

negotiation for compulsion with Geneva is believed to be in sight countries.

Upon this, he said, almost every. air.

the object of including the coded after seven-hour meeting, London, June 7.

Lord Londonderry, shaken bat!

industries to introduce revisions.

Mr. Norman Davis, representing thing depended and, until it is The Parliamentary Secretary to unhurt, walked calmly to the

the United States, joined in the attained, few. If any practical Honolulu, June 7.

results are likely to emerge from the Ministry of Health, Mr. aerodrome. British Wirelens,

The possibility that the out- PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE. Anglo-French conversations.

The three delegations will meet a prolongation of the present dls-Emergency Warning Bell Geoffrey Shakespeare, stated in

break of fre on the President To-day's announcement governs Lincoln was due to an attempt at all future codes and Industries again on Friday morning to discussions, British Wirclean. sabotage was expressed by Cap-afready coded will be approached tain Yardley, though it is thought immediately with a request for that spontaneous combustion was voluntary, amendments to conform the probable cause.

to the new policy.

thu

thei water

the Commons fo-day that position regarding shortage over a large part of the country, in the North-East, Wales, the West and the South-West as well as part of the Midlands, was generally better than a month ago. The South and South-East had not shared in the improvement.

He had no reason to think that) water undertakings would not be

CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER

CAMBRIDGE

UNIVERSITY HONOUR

Londen, June 7,

SABOTAGE POSSIBILITY.

cuss the final terms.

HAPPY OUTLOOK.

The agreement will he presented

The

emergency

bell

A

n

police sounded a warning shortly before "MUCH BETTER" OUTLOOK.

11 o'clock Inst night, and Geneva, June 7.

message was clrculated amongst Mr. Anthony Eden, M. Barthou the various Stations that The Lineola steamed into pori

The National Recovery Ad- the meeting of the Burcas of and Mr. Norman Davis had a long Chinese prisoner, detained at the with her boats swinging out on!

they stated that the situation was escaped from custody. the davits and with several of the ministrator states that he aims at the Conference which is scheduled discussion this evening, after which Kowloon Hospits! as a patient, had The fugitive was injured recent- volding destructive price-cutting, to meet in the afternoon. passengers wearing lifebelts.

The delegates are in a happy much better." while minimising the opportunities mood as the result of today's dis- It is understood that the meeting ly when he fell while trying to The cargo in the main hold is still smouldering and immediately for the artificial maintenance cussions and say that an agree-jagreed to the text of a resolution | escape from forestry officers who able to meet the silaallan, At Cambridge to-day the degree on the Lincoln's arrival, a naval

high prices.Reuler, provided consumers continued to of Doctor of Laws was conferred tug and firefloats began pouring play their part in making reason-on the Chancellor of the Ex-water into her. able economies in the use of water, chequer Mr. Neville Chamberlian. -British Wireless,

A similar honour was conferred PASSENGERS AT DINNER.. on his brother, Sir Austen, in

One of 1920, and on his father in 1894-Nobody was really alarmed. We the passengers said: gat up from dinner quietly when informed that the ship was on MIXED VIEWS ON NEW Are and put on our Bfe-jackets.

"We then went on the deck where we romained until about midnight when we were informed that there was no more danger."

BIG FIGHT FIASCO

Scathing Comment on Baer's Condition

British Wireless,

THE SLIT SKIRT FASHION

CHIANG KAI-SHEK

CAMPAIGN

+

SCOTSMAN'S STORY.

SILVER DOLLAR

SPECULATION

·YORK" ACTION

Shanghai, June 8.

STATEMENT PROMISED.

ment can be reached within half which is belog submitted for the sought his arrest on a charge of An hour if the present spirit of approval of the Govoramente con- wanton tree-cutting. He was ad- mitted to the hospital, where he cooperation continues, United ceraed.

In the meantine, the Bureau was confined in the prisoners' Press,

meeting.fixed for 10.30 to-morrow wnrd.

An Intensive search for him has (Friday) morning has been post- poned until 2.45 p.m.. and it will be so far proved fruitless. Private converantions in which followed by a meeting of the Gen- the British, French and American eral Commission at 4 p.m.-Router. delegates took part were continued Fat Geneva to-day.

London, June 7,

The latest proposals of the

Local Anancial circlen believe French delegate, M. Barthou, led STOP PRESS

that the suspension of dealings in the British and American dele- Shanghai and Hongkong dollars by gates to consult their. Govern- New York bankers will contribute ments,

Bureau.

New York, June 7. "If that's the best the challenger

Mr. James Brown, nn Edinburgh towards stability in exchange be- It is anticipated that a full (Max Baer) can do, the fight had better be cancelled entirely." was

Nanchang, June 7. resident, interviewed by Reuter's cause of the absence of specula stalement of the British viewpoint the comment of the Athletle Com-

Intended as the beginning of a San Francisco correspondent over tion. Other quarters predict that will be made by Mr. Anthony Eden mission official who went to As nationwide campaign to combat the wireless telephone, described the situation will have an adverse at to-morrow's meeting of the

of blinding atmosphere following the modernization wave among how In bury Park to-day.

effect on the Chinese exchange request for the Carnera-Baer young Chinese women, General smoke, the lifeboats were swung market in the Immediate future.-

Chiang Kai-shek is suggesting out in readiness for abandoning Central News. logislative monsures to prohibit the vessel if the need should arise. bob-hair fomalca appearing inAll the passengers put on lifebelts streets with bare lege and "qucer on instructions from the officers. style" clothica,~~Central News,

light postponement-Reuter.

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HUIS MAJESTY AT EPSOM

.

London, June 7. The King again visited Epsom: Races to-day, when he saw the Coronation Cun won by Sir R. Brookes Wireless.

Kink

London, June 8. Scores were injured in n sorious disturbance last night between the Mosley Blackshirts and opponents in the neighbourhood of Olymplu, where Sir Oswald Mosley gave au

BRITISH VIEW. Yesterday, in supporting the re-address, solution submitted by the Presi- Police intervened and 23 arrests, dont of the Conference, Mr. Arthur ware made.-Renter. throughout the night of crisis Henderson, to suspend the work and the passengern began dancing of the conference ponding negotia- while the officers spent their tlone with Germany and Franco Miss Cyrene Hansford, who is time busily reassuring those who to bo conducted on behalf of the

declared

that the appeared a trifle tremulous. conference, Mr. Eden emphasised Lihat the essential

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