OVERNIGHT CABLES.
(United Press Assn.—By Electrie Telegraph—Copyright.) Admiralty Appointments. RUGBY. October 9. The Admiralty has announced that Admiral Sir Rudolf Bentinck has been placed on the retired list at his own request, and that Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Watson has been promoted to the rank of Admiral.—British Official Wireless. Imperial Conference. LONDON, October 10. The King has sent a message to the Imperial Constitutional Conference, in which he expresses the hope that it will lead to ever closer association between all the parts of the Empire.— Australian Press Association. Japanese Tunnellers Saved. TOKIO, October 10. The imprisoned tunnel workers were reached through a steel tube and safely rescued. —Australian Press Association. New Airship. RUGBY. October 9. It had been hoped that it would be possible to take the new airship RIO I out of its hangar at Cardington at daybreak to-day, but unfavourable weather necessitated a postponement of the launching.—British Official Wireless.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18887, 11 October 1929, Page 9
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