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Officers from French warships at present visiting British ports Avere entertained at Glasgow on Friday and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool gave a luncheon at which the Vice-Admiral and officers from the Dunkerque and Strasbourg which are anchored in the Mersey were present. The second French torpedo flotilla arrived in the Thames on Saturday. Brilliant Aveather ensures that Whitsuntide will be a great open air holiday festival in Britain. There is a heavy sports programme and exodus by road from London continued until a late hour on Friday to recommence on Saturday with cars leaving by exits at the rate of 2000 an hour. It was generally expected the roads will carry heavier traffic over the week-end than ever before.
The Japanese Athletic Association has decided that Japan will not participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Tho newspapers predict that Japan will not compete at Helsingfors. A Zurich message says officials of tbe Bunk of International Settlements explain that they Arcre obliged to transfer the Czech gold to London as tbe instruction from the Czech Central Bank bore the correct signature. The Hatfield-lale of Man air race resulted: Geoffrey de Havilland (TK 2) 1, Alex Henshaw (Mew Gull) 2, E. W. Percival (Mew Gull) 3, Louis Fontes (Miles Hawk) 4. The winner averaged 165 miles an hour. The speed of the others ranged from 122 to 220 miles an hour.
A recount in the Griffiths Federal by-election in Queensland resulted in the Labour candidate (Mr. Conelan’s) majority being reduced from 18 te eight. He thus won the seat from Mr. McGowan who has again announced his intention of challenging the poll in Court on disputed returns. A fire seriously damaged the French submarine Laperle in drydock at Toulon. The Naval fire brigade extinguished tho fire. In the Rugby union match at Brisbane Queensland defeated New South Wales by 20 points to 17. A Prague message states that the Boards of the .Skoda and Brno arm.* factories have been reconstituted to enable German control.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 124, 29 May 1939, Page 7
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