"STOP PRESS” NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16514, 26 August 1921, Page 10

"STOP PRESS” NEWS.

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LATEST CAIST.ES LONDON. August 25. It is understood that Dail Eireanns answer in no way | moans the breaking off of mgoI tiations. I Air A. H. Aslibolt. Agent (b n- ! eral for Tasmania, in an interview with the Australian Press Aos<k nation. i>ointcd out that the R. 38 aeeident had no bearing whatever on commercial airships, because R.3S was designed for war purposes only, and therefore the lightest possible framework to the greatest possible height, which is one of the chief desiderata in wartime. On the other hand, had she been designed for commercial purposes, tin <ln« v object would have been safety. Therefore the framework would have been thirty or forty linn d red weigl it heavier. (Official.) - The crew of the. R. 38 numbered fifty-one. The death roll is fortyPARLS, August 2-5. The. French Government has tendered its sympathy over the loss of R.3s. LONDON. August 2b. rile seareii for the dead at Mid! was continued a!J day long by. tugs and launches furnished with A huge sweeps. Xu .further bodies iho searchers was hampered b\ high tides. Pathetic figures among the crowd watching the of American airmen, one carrying a six-week-old baby girl. She refuses to believe that her husband is dead. VIENNA. August 2b. The Foreign Office announces that the Treaty of Peace between America and Austria has been ■ signed. There is no information I regarding the terms. • ' * RIGA. August 23. A great fire has been raging in A losco w for two days. Three hundred houses have been destroyed and many people have perished. LONDON. August 25. Lord Glanely\s hr c- Westward Ho, the record-priced yearling and a St Leger candidate, ridden by Onraiake, scored his secoKh victory, winning easily the Great Yorkshire Stakes from three limners . I | VKRDICT FOR LYONS, j The jury. in the ease of | Thomas Lyons v. Joseph Wright, chiropractor, after an hour’s reI tirement, returned a verdict for plaintiff, and awarded him £92.