CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20022, 2 September 1930, Page 11

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

NOT ALLOWED TO LAND. LONDON, August 81. Jack Diamond, a gangster, having made New York too not to hold him, decided to visit Europe. Seach. by newspaper reporters located him aboard the Belgenland, where ho was travelling under the name of Nolan. He had cleaned up hundreds of pounds from poker-playinz passengers. When the snip reached Plymouth, detectives interviewed Diamond and three companions, who were not allowed to land in England. They are going on to Antwerp, N.S.W. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. SYDNEY, September 1. The conclusion of the chess championship tourney found that three competitors, Goldstein, Lamparter, and Koslinitskv, had tied, with eight points each. Purdy, last year's champion, was fourth. The tie is to be played off. MOTOR SPEED RECORD BROKEN. LONDON, August 31. Jack Dunfee, driving, a 2000 c.c. super-charged Sunbeam Six, broke the vvoild's record for 200 mile 6, covering the distance in lhr 42min, and averaging 117.65 miles an hour. RAZOR SLASHINGS IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, September 1. There has been a recurrence of razor slashings lately. John Penfold, aged 30, was attacked by five men in a house. One held him, while a second rendered him unconscious with punches. A third man drew a raaor across his throat, requiring 13 stitches to close the wound. Another man visited a hospital with extensive slashes on his head and face, but refused to give information, saying: "I will even it up in my own way." NEW ZEALAND ROWING CREW. OTTAWA, August 30. Rowing at Toronto, the New Zealand eight defeated the Argonauts, Toronto, on Friday evening, by four lengths.