BLEAK BRITAIN

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10475, 4 January 1928, Page 5

BLEAK BRITAIN

FOOD,BY AEROPLANE. '

'(United Press Assn.—Copyright.) . LONDON 1 , Jan. 1, Several aeroplanes delivered food to villagers and others who were prevented from obtaining it by fog. —A. and N.Z.CLA. ,

HUGE ICE CARNI VAL

FIVE THOUSAND SKATERS AT CAMBRIDGE.

AMATEUR! CHAMPIONSHIP AND KING’S CUP RAGE.

PRINCE OH WALES' JOINS MERRYMAKERS.

LONDON, Jan. X The. greatest skating carnival held for. years took place at Lingayfen, Cambridge* where there were 5000 skaters on the ice.

Competitions for the Amateur Championship and King’s Cup were held for the first time since 1912, the weather permitting tho /competition to vhe held. Dix, of Rounds, holder of the title, aged 50, who first won the championship 33 years ago, lost to Horn of Upwell, aged 22. Twenty degrees of frost during the night made the ice safe for the multitudes., There was a great demand on the open air buffet for hot drinks, skaters 5 own drinks having become frozen in the bottles. Bookmakers shouted the odds as 27 competitors skated in heats. Girls in plus fours with brightly colored jumpers, introduced a carnival spirit, which was increased- by the carrying of balloons. Hundreds of skaters paced the competitors. 'Die Prince of Wales, who was Week-ending at Melton • Mowbray, bought a pair of skates, yesterday at, noon and joined the throngs of skaters on the hike; in Stapleform Park, proving himself quite an expert on the ice. —A. and N.Z.C.A.

New year weather in Australia.

FARES AND SANDSTORMS. SYDNEY, Jan. 2. Extensive bush fires are raging in the Albnry district on both sides of the border and have caused heavy damage. An outbreak in the Harronsville district (Victoria) is raging on a front of 30 miles, resulting in serious loss of stock.—lT.P.A . Fires and sand storms

ADELAIDE.,. Jan. 2 ~ During a .terrific sandstorm in Moornok district, houses were unroofed and a great many trees weio uprooted, causing heavv damage. MELBOURNE. Jan. 2. The city is swept by a dust-storm from Central Australia The whole of the metropolitan area is drenched by showers of red rain due to the raindrops collecting dust.—U.P.A. ' FLOODS FOLLOW THAW

HALF ENGLAND AWASH BODIES OF TWO MISSING MEN FOUND deceived Jan. 3. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. Half England is awash with floods following the thaw, and many rivers have burst their banks. Disappearing; snowdrifts revealed the bodies of a missing miner arid a farmer.—A. and N.Z.C.A.