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Five Lose Lives In NSW Flood

Sydney, Aug. 28.-Five people lost their lives and there are fears for many others, in the flooded arens on the north coast of Now South Wales, where most of the township of Kempsey is under

eight metres

water.

of

Aus-

The pilot of a Royal tralian Air Force Catalino, under

which searched the area water today for people believed. stranded of rooftops, saw only eight people.

He sald that ovor hugo irotches not even treetopa or telephone poles showed, above the floodwaters.

The flooded Area is said to cover 800 square kilometres.

Planes today dropped food, clothing and medical supplien for the townsfolk in Kempsey, bonts Launches and rowing

arca have been rushed to the in the hope of reaching some ruarooned people, police ports and tonight.

re-

An attempt to drop rubber dinghies from n Catalina yes- terday WAS nut successful, Most were carried away by the flood wilch was racing through the lawn.

10-

Detalia have been coming in from an amateur radio station,

Reports from Kempsey night said that torrential rain had caused the flood waters 10

U0 centimetres riso

above the

record level, but the water was now receding slightly-Reuter.

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URANIUM DEPOSITS

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1949.

WINE FOR

VISITOR

Eamon De Valery, Irish statesman, in France for Council of Europe meet- Ings at Strasbourg, is served a glass of wine by hostesses at the Colmar wine festival.

(AP Picture)

Dramatic Battle To

Save Burning Submarine Told By Survivors

Oslo, Aug. 28.—-American naval men told the story of a dramatic battle in raging northern seas to save a burning submarine and rescue men swept overboard when they arrived in the submarine Tusk at Tromsoc, Northern Norway, today. The submarine brought survivors of the sub- marine Cochino which sank last week in Arctic waters.

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Britain's Latest Supersonic Planes To Be Exhibited

London, Aug. 28.—Two British planes with supersonic speeds-over 700 miles an hour-will be among the exhibits at the annual air display which opens at Farnborough, Hampshire, on September 7. Eight other British planes are said to be capable of reaching speeds botween 600 and 700 miles an hour. Fourteen others have speeds of over 500 miles an hour.

Hundreds, of vísitora and į latest aircraft engines Απελ buyers from

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On show will be two turbo- expected along with Air At-jets--the De Havilland Ghost taches, military observers and the Rolls-Royce Nene-and and other world aeronautical six turbo-propa. experts.

They will be given a first-prop is the type that will power and view of all Britain's Britain's wo largest airliners: latest designs in turbo-jet and HOW under construction-the Birzenow turbino-engined air-130-ton Bristol Brabazon II and

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The star of this year's show is likely to be the all-ict De Havilland airliner Comet, nc Enowledged to be the world's fastest of its type

with four "Ghost" turbo-jets, giving a cruising speed of 500 miles on

our at 40,000 feet.

Four turbo-jet airliners, the Vickera Viscount, the Armstrong Whitworths Apollo, the Handley Page V and the Handley Page Marathon-the only aircraft of their kind in the world will be on show.

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The Canberra I, the Royal Air Force's Art jet bomber,

The Bristol Proteus turbo-

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powered with two Rolls-Royce GIVEN that Mr. Cheran Dass Avon turbo-jeto, will lend the Bagai (C. D. Bagai) is no demonstrations

Britain's tonger connected with the latest warplanes,

of

The Canberra has not yet finished her trials but fliese have so far proved as salia- fetory s the Comet airliner.

Britain's latest fet fighter, the Meteor VIII, will be shown to the public for the first time.

Other new jet fighters will be the Hawker P1052 and the The Snorkel equipped at the lost moment of inen Vickers Supermarine Type 510- Cochino caught fire follow. from the sinking submarine.

both with swept-back wings, ing an explosion in its bat-casualty from the Coching

The only seriously burned and capable of Supersonic tery room while on a train- been taken to Tromsoe Hospi- specs.

Detalls of the performances ing cruise. Six naval rat-tal.

these Apliters are stilt secret. ings and a civilian lost their thote lives were on the rescuing not be allowed, but

The six navol men who lost Close inspection of them

will Britain submarine Tusk.

rost experienceit test pilots will demonstrate their powers.

GROUND EXHIBITION With the flying display will be a ground exhibition of the

lives.

Captain Roy S. Benson, United States Submarine Flo-

Sydney, Aug. 28.-The, Australian Minister for Sup- ply and Development, Sena- tor Armstrong, in Adelaide today confirmed that rich

FIRST CASUALTY The m! casually was Robert uranium ore deposita

filla Command, and Lieutenant Philo, a civilian technician who been found in the Hart Cairo, Aug. 28. The de-j

Commanders Rafael G. Benitez was accompanying the Cochino Range Mountains of Austra fence counsel for Ainiul and Robert L. R. Worthington to control new machinery, After lia's Northern Territory. Megid Ahmed Hassan. 22- told of over two houru' bat the Arst explosion in the Cochino seas in vain at midday on Thursday, Philo un trialling with high

efforts to resele men turned from an Inspection tour here for the assassination overboard, of attempts to bring in a rubber dinghy to report to swept volunteered to go with an officer of the area, said the deposits of Nokrashy Pasha last the burning submarine Into the Flotilla Commander on board were in the form of Samarsko December, today said that port and of a perilous transfer the Tusk. but uranium had not yet been he placed, the responsibility found in commercial quantities for the crime Abdel

However, П wido area of

Armstrong, who has just re-

year-old student

on

The dinghy capsized In ex- tremely high sean halfway be- tween the two The

Samarsklic was now under ex-Had! Pasha, who succeeded NEW STRIKE officer reached the Tuile safely

ploration.

Nokrashy as Prime Minis.

Armstrong said that the Com-ter, monwealth Government did not undertake urunium mining, but

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He asked the court to hear would merely set up a buying Hadi Pasha, and also Hamed

pool to guarantee miners.

Ife added that the first reward for locating uranium in tralia

MOVE IN FINLAND

a price to Gouda Bey, President of Uic Egyptian Chamber of Deputies, Secretary- and Azzam Pasha, General the Arab League. Helsinki, Aug. 28.

Workers in Finland's metal The court today rejected a Adefence plea that the case was industries making repara- thea political

an obtions goods for Russia have

LEAFLETS IN

HIS FACE

one, and

on

but Philo hit his head against the hull while trying to climb board. Losing consciousness be slipped back into the sea.

Able Seaman Norman Walker Jumped resolutely Inte the

on Philo

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waves without waiting for a New York, Aug. 28.- lifeline and succeeded in get-Paul Robeson today charged ting Philo on board again. Aus-

that the riot which cancelled Artificial respiration was im-his Peekskill would be granted to a

mediately started

concert last Canadian-born Italian,

while he was lying unconscious night was part of a nation. Crespan, and his party for Hart Range discovery-Asso-Jection to the court's-com-been urged to join tomorrow ged and all men were issued

on the deck of the Tusk, wide "campaign of terror Safety lines-were-being-rig- against progressive forces."- elated Press.

petence. When Hasan'a coun- the 10-day-old Communist with Mae West jackets when aty to this kind of America," the I will be no party of loyal- ael maintained that the cuso was beneficial to the Palested strike wave against the huge wave broke over the slip-left wing negro baritone told a [line war", the court president Social Democrat Govern- pery deck, sweeping 13 men

press conference. arked him to

Ho added into the sea, Including the un-that this did not mean he would "keep to the ment's pegged wages polley. conscious Phito. crime". The court then ad-

be disloyal to America, but journed til tomorrow.

Eero Hark, chief of the Re-

SET FOR HAMMERFEST "only to that one percent." Hassan is alleged

Omee. to have parations

salel that Then followed more than "I am loyal to Troodos, Cyprus, Aug. 28.-belonged

the great. 10 the Mostem stippling unofficial strikes may two hours' struggling to get the majority who want freedom Leaflets demanding enosis Brotherhood, outlawed by break out in a number of im- men on beard, but despite all and Justice for the negro tupton with Greece)

were Nokrashy Pasha a few weeks portant factories where Com-efforts seven men were lost. people," he said. thrown

in the face of Sir before he was killed,

munists have a toeni majority. The Cochino's skipper then The riot at Peekskill erupted Andrew Wright, now Governor

"Strikes in the metal industry Fourteen other youths

abandoned his

of at about 7.30 p.m. last night Books, papers and Intention

magazines would be a clear breach of the transferring the majority of his after 300-400 young

veterans for distribution to service peace treaty", he declared. "It crew to the Tusk. Both sub-staged an anti-Communist de-

camps in the New Territories. clauses absolving marines set

the Picnic course for Ham-monstration Finland from fines on deliveries merfest, in northern Norway; mostly negroes, had gathered to

Grounds

where 150 persons, delayed by strikers."

the Cochino

ali mustering

hear Robeson sing. spoed possible with only More provisions, forestry, engine serviceable.

POWERFUL ONE PERCENT building. transport and wood

Aboard

While Robeson held a press Industry workers returned

Cochino flames conference in New York, some work today, but more than half amidships were out of control 1,500 people gathered in a pro- Finland's ports are still and giving off quantities of gas test demonstration on a West-

and smoke. Most of the crew chester County closed.

were obliged to remain

on the and deck in utmost cold.

In the middle of the night a

occurred.

Bro

of Cyprus, when he opened the also before the court, accused annual Agricultural Show

at of complieity in the murder. Prodromos village, in the Reuter. Troodos

range, today. Later, while the Governor was Inspecting agricultural produce, several young men shouted "We want enosis."

Police intervened.-Reuter.

Shostakovitch's New Work

Moscow, Aug, 20.—The Soviet composer, Dmitri Shostakovitch, has composed a new oratorio, "Sonst About Forests," it was reported here today,

Ship Fire Stops, Passengers Return

last night.

contains no

of

new

the

violence.

at

Aden, Aug, 28.-Most of the 550 passengers from the 14,000

estate close to ton British liner, Largs Bay, Funds are running low

scenc of Jast night's who landed here after a fra strikers have begun to beg for broke out aboard her on. Fri-food in the streets. An appllen-

Robson charged: "Every ap day night, returned to the ship tion of the Strikes Committee second engine stopped and the paratus of government-execu

for free meals in the communal Cochino began to drift.

tive, judicial and legislative--la About 175 passengers whose restaurants here has been re-

being used to oppress people. Jected.-Reufer.

In the desperate situation cabins adjoined the fire were

Lleutenant-Commander Wor-This campaign

the to taking remaining in the emergency

thington manoeuvred the Tusk form especially of all-out at- accommodation provided for

alongside the Cochino.

negro people, tack on While the two submarines Jay We are dealing here with a

powerful section crashing against each other the very

The work, reported to have them at the local Lido.

taken six months, was written The Largs Bay, Owned by Philippine Air

for chorus, soloist and orches the Aberdeen and Common~ tra. The

words are by the wealth Line, was also carrying Soviet poot, Eugene Dolmatov- ja general cargo. She won sky-Reuter.

bound for Melbourne.-Reuter.

яILIAT

Force Crash

Manila, Aug. 29-A Philip. pluc Air Force F-01 fighter plane yesterday, crashed in

of one

70 men aboard the Cochino, In-percent of American Ule that cluding the injured passed over owns 40 percent of American a narrow, rocking plank between wealth." (the two ships in 15 minutes,

HEAVED DANGEROUSLY

The sca was so rough, that Floridablants, Pampanga, kill-the plank bounced and henved Partment of Justice to Inves-

Jose dangerously the whole time and/tigate the

ing the pilot, Lleutenant Reyes, 20.

Lt. Reyes was on u routine flight with three other Mustangs when his plane suddenly plum- moted and crashed. The cause was not known.-United Press,

H

DEMANDS PROBE Robeson said he would ask and the Do- Governor. Dewey

American Legion the men id to make use of two of the four veterans' or

of Foreign Wars, those few seconds when this im- provised gangway was passable. sanisations which staged the anu-Communist demonstration

The Avo Injured menono

and Veterans

with multiple burns-had to that exploded into a riot, and climb over the narrow gang the Ku Klux Klai

Ho added that the Justiço

ways, over heaving decks and neross the plank without help.

There was no panic, the om. cers said.

Drifted Helplessly

--- Vory soon after the last maa For Four Days

and left tho -submarino · the Cochino's stern went under, her Mombasa, Kenya, Aug. 28. bows lowering several yards in Four shermon from Pemba the air. Then she sank. Island, south of here, washed ashoro lost in a badly damaged boat after drifting helplessly for four days and three nights.

were

The Cochino Was of 1,800 night tong deadweight. She was

valued at between US$12,000,- 000 and US$15,000,000.

A fifth Asherman died of ex- houstion.

Department should :"And out from whom these legionnaires their orders”—United

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MADAME SUN

IN PEIPING! San Francisco, Aug. 28 The Communist Pelping Radio an- nounced tonight that Madamo Sun Yat-sen, widow of the The Tusk is due to leave founder of the Chinese Republic, Tromsoo tomorrow for her base and sister-in-adw of Gendra- In the United States. On her Ussimo Chiang Kai-shek, had

Heavy breakers had capsized arrival back in America Inves-arrived today in Paiping from their boat and swept Il out to ligations- will

open into the Shanghal, and was greeted by

sen with one side torn while cause of the Cochina disaster. Mao

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