LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 August 1936, Page 7

LATE MESSAGES

LONDON, August 7.

The “Evening News” regards Lovelock’s victory as a triumph of his theory that a man is able to run only one race in the season at his very best. Lovelock chose to make the Olympiad the occasion of his supreme effort. He sacrificed the British championship mile for it, although now it is admitted the suggestion that Wooderson would extend Lovelock, at Berlin appears foolish. Wooderson won the mile championship in 255 seconds, but Lovelock’s 1500 was equivalent to 241. Lovelock last year timed his supreme effort for the Princeton mile, when he vanquished the American cracks. That, was the race he really wanted to win. He did not mind the subsequent defeat by Wooderson in the championships of 1935. Whatever happens in the next few races, Lovelock will retire with supremacy unchallenged.

LONDON, August 7

A shell from the Jaime Primeriro hit the British Consulate Algeciras and smashed all windows facing the sea. Flying debris scratched the Vice-Consul’s wife. The Argentina Consulate, was damaged by vibration of the guns. Twelve inch shells severely damaged many buildings. It is reported that the Eduardo Dato is still afloat. She was flooded and the fire extinguished. An aeroplane of unknown nationality bombed the French steamer Roubaisien five miles off Gibraltar. Three bombs fell within 230 yards of her. The German Embassy at Madrid reiterated to the Government the protest at the shootings, demanding compensation. The British authorities at Gibraltar protested to General Franco regarding the insurgent planes firing on H.M.S. Basilisk, and also asked the Government to keep the warships clear of Gibraltar. If the situation does not improve, suitable steps will be taken.