CABLEGRAMS.

Western Star, 21 June 1935, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS .

found auive. MISSING FISHERMEN. LOCATED ON CLIFF. , \ p /'—' SYDNEY, June 19After having been given np for• ’ when the wreckage of their J au “ d found last night, three men, Edwa«l Parker John Lynch and John Sanders, at the bottom of a '2ooft cliff at Wattamolla, a few mi south of Cronulla. - • , , f eX . their perilous P of a stout rope just at dusk by means u . which the men fastened to the* and we re hauled up by a party ice and relatives and men from a by relief workers’ men were ■ mar. ' Th ; t mS ere iSospTtable. .The*’ "TS »nvS”a *>V aid. attend “ th„ «ad workers’ »»£ .the launch oni to; the q{ com . •S5S’ ,r” reach of the boiling surf.. Their was smashed to matchwood.

; > Am SERVICE. TASMAN SCHEME. FLYING BOATSJIRLAND PLANES KINGSFORD SMITHi’S PLAN. 'SYDNEY, June 19experimental basis for three to six months He proposes using either huge American %ing boats or land aeroplanes. a weekly inward and out-, ward service with a fonr-engmed Martiu or Sikorsky flying boat capable of saving 35 passengers and 20001 bof m ' mftter of alternately 20 passengers pid 2001 b of mail.* The other proposal provides for the use of a Douglas tw - engined land aeroplane carrying mails* 011 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith further suggests that the Australian and New, • Zealand Governments should buy what--1 ever machines are . adopted, New Zealand contributing 60 f Jjent. and Australia 40 per cent, of ' the funds, me anticipates that New Zeaknd has to gain-by such a service... When the ■ service is firmly established the Pf™mn. ent contractor should tgk© over the machines and pay for them.

PRISON MUTINY. UNDERGROUND BATTLE. * GUARDS ATTACKED BY CONVICTS. USE OF. TEAR GAS. LANSING (Kansas), June 18.. . A band of 380 convicts, mutinied in ‘ the Kansas State prison coal-mmeseiz© some guards as hostages and fought with others 720 feet underground. ■ The guards, themselves protected by. ' masks and using tear gas, turned back the first'assault of the noting prisoners in the deep, pits and the latter were seriously affected by fumes due to the confined quarters. ~ ~ The exact cause of the mutiny, which began soon after dawn when the / convicts entered the mine, is not known. All but one telephone line was cut and. this is connected with the “gun cage, containing five’ armed guards. It brought up. little information except an .. assurance from the • defenders that they could hold th©' position indefinitely. / > .* Although . the warden has summoned all the available forces to/ put down the mutiny, it is consideredunlikely, that the men could be brought out. ■ Starvation alone will probably drive them to surrender. ■ ”

LIVELY MEETING

BRITISH FASCISTS

-RIOTING AFTER WOMAN’S DEATH

LONDON, June 19. The death ,of a woman, at a BlackShirt open air meeting . Bottle resulted iii extraordinary scenes. An an ,T ry crowd followed a van containing th© speakers to the Fascist headquarter and smashed ©very window with stonesIt remained, shouting imprecations unti. the police arrived in motor cars. The .woman, .Mrs Evans, went to thmeetin- which was near her home, in order to fetch four of her seven children The meeting was lively . and there was some distuibance at. question time. . , ~ Mrs Evans was found on. the ground at .’the" close of the meeting, and thr crowd immediately rushed the . Fascial van'. In the meantime the woman’r husband, realizing that his wife was . dying, sent for a priest who ministered .to her. , , , The bodv was sent to a hospital where At was stated that no marks of violence found It is understood that .death whs due to natural causes.

STREET FIGHTING.

POLICE AND STRIKERS

VANCOUVER, June 18. q+i-ikin" longshoremen and sympathized, including women, battled with the police for three hours on J/uesday afternoon in an area covering ten city blocks following an attempt by , longshoremerv to march on to Ballantyne pier where members of another muon were working deep sea vessels. Eight po ice and at least nine civilians were admitted to hospitals, and scores suffered minor in. j °The police used tear gas and clubs the strikers replying with rocks and „ missiles Thirteen were arrested. »'.«* r" h pier street 0 6 bt.ng at v.rious places over a large area developed. Blood flowed freely from cut beads as the fighting raged through streets, a - policemen were badly beaten, while strikers suffered the same fate from officers.

I NAVAL PACT. ,| BRITAIN AND GERMANY. NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER POWERS. RUGBY, June 19. Further steps in preparation for the holding of a general conference on the limitation of naval, armaments ar e now - under the consideration of the British Government. Exchanges of views aiifll information with the United States and Japanese delegates have already taken place, and it is . anticipated that the Anglo-German talks, which resulted 1 yesterday in an agreement’ will be concluded on Friday. Expert naval adviser© attached to the British and German delegations conferred to-day on certain technical points arising out of th© agreement, and it is understood that the matters under discussion included such questions as the sizes and .types of ships and construction programmes. Probably the next series. of talks to be held in London will be with the French, but meanwhile Mr R. A. Eden will visit Paris and discuss with the French Ministers certain aspects of the question with particular reference to the Anglo-German agreement. : Other matters of European' concern will also- come under review in these Paris conversations, including the present stage and l the future steps to be taken in connection with the project for a western air pact. • - ' An exchange of ' views between Italy and the British delegates on'naval matters is - also, in contemplation.. •The Soviet Government is being kept informed of th e trend of these preliminary 'discussions.

DANGER REMOVED, ARAMAMENTS RACE UNLIKELY , • LONDON, June 19. The*First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, in a boardcasting address declared: that the Anglo. Gernian naval pact removed the fear of a naval armaments race. He added that Britain would have incurred a , grave responsibility if she had refused Herr Hitler’s offer. The Government confidently hoped as a result of the agreement to proceed with further conversations with other Powers in order to reach general limitation agreements. ~

SYDNEY MURDER. ' REWARD OF £3OO OFFERED. SYDNEY, June 20. The New South. Wales Government is offering a reward of £3OO for information leading: to the apprehension; and conviction of persons responsible for the death of Regiald Holmes. It is also extending a free pardon ‘ to any accomplice who furnishes information to that effect. ,

JAMES SMITH INQUIRY. ; ATTEMPT TO STOP PROCEEDINGS JUDGE RESERVES DECISION. SYDNEY, June 20. ■ Mr Justice Halse Rogers to-day heard argument on an application for a writ of prohibition restraining the City Coroner from further proceeding, with .the James Smith inquiry, on the grounds that the law demanded that the Coroner should have first viewed, the body, whereas all' he had viewed was a human arm.'"'.. The Judge / asked counsel whether there had ever been a case where a coroner - had been prohibited on the ground that sufficient of th© body was not present for his inspection. ■ Mr Clive Evatt replied that there was what was known as the “skull*’ case •700 years ago. - • The Judge stated at the close of argument that he. would give his .decision to-morrow or on Monday.

AERIAL CRASH

Y.Vl'..'- • ’ ' ' WEST COAST TRAGEDY. WOMAN PASSENGER INCINERATED. : PILOT INJURED. HOKITIKA, Jun© 20. The aeroplane Z.K.A.D.0., with Harold Lawn as pilot, and Mrs William Newman, sen., of Newman’s Motors, Ltd., as passengers, crashed when landing N at Waiho-and hit the ground with great force and burst into flames. .’Mrs Newman was killed and Lawn was badly • burned about the face.

Further particulars show that - the ola lie, with Lawn as .pilot and Mrs Newman a passenger, left Hokitika aerodrome at 9.30 this morning travelling to Waiho on a pleasure run in the Moth machine, r- ■

• The landing ground at Waiho has been receiving attention to tlie surface ?.nd Lawn, knowing this, flew low over he ground to gain some idea of the mface for landing. Satisfied with his urvey lib went for altitude prior to 'anding. When descendng the controls iammed about 3CO or 400 feet up.

The plarfe careered above the ;■ landing ground and cleared two wire fences before crashing among some stumps in n adjoining paddock, and burst into lames. Those engaged at the landing

■;rbund rushed to tlie scene, where they found Lawn, with bis clothing' ill lames attempting to get to the passenger’s cockpit which was enveloped in flames. It was impossible to reach the passenger who was practically incinerated though it is considered she died from concussion immediately. Lawn was dragged away from tlie blaze and his clothing extinguished after sustaining severe burns. It is expected Lawn will arrive by motor car at the hospital by 3 p.m. The machine - was practically destroyed. Mrs Newman was the daughter of Mr and the late. Hon. James Colvin, of Westport, and leaves nne son, Harry Newman. She tv as aged about 56 years and was a native of Westport.