Second Edition British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1913, Page 3

Second Edition British and Foreign.

s 4 [BI.ECTJtIC TKKFitiKAI'H, COi'l'KKiHT.] [PER rjtlfiSJ ASSOCIATION'.] (.Received This Day, 9 a.m.) THE £'5000 LOST. London, August 27. In endeavouring to reach Ealmoutli to-day, in order to complete the circuit before 9.>'io on Thursday morning, Hawker was delayed for an hour, when leaving Oban, by a leaky float.' Later he lost three hours through engine troubles. His difficulties culminated in an accident at Loughshining, where a wing snapped, and the machine fell one hundred feet into the sea. Hawker fractured an arm and injured his head: Kauper was only slightly hurt. Coastguards rescued him and conveyed him ashore, where he was attended by doctors. 'Hie race against time has created interest all over the country. Sir George Reid telegraphed to tlie aviators: "Win or lose, Australia is proud of you both." CRICKET. Kent defeated Northamptonshire by five wickets, and is now assured' of the county championship. (Received This Day, 10.2-> a.m.) MORE Alio I"T HAWKER. London, August 27. Hawker turns out to be uninjured. Kauper's face, body and arm were injured. He was taken to the hospital. The waterplane's left wing was broken. The accident was due to a sideslip. L ABO Hi APEAIRS. At the International Transport Workers' Congress, at Caxton Hall, Herr Daring, a German delegate, said that many strikes in Europe and England failed owing to lack of organisation and discipline. Some resolutions on tin* agenda paper, he said, were aimed more -at revolution than reorganisation, and he advised that they be remitted to a sub-commit-tee for careful consideration. Mr Phillip Snodden, in an article on the Christian Commonwealth, said the Independent Labour Party was a myth : tliey sat in Parliament because four-fifths of them had made arrangements with the Liberals: the Chesterfield campaign had clearly indicated £haf the Labour Party had 110 solid support cither from trade unionists or the working class generally. Capetown, August 27. At a meeting held hy General Hortzojr at TJustenburg, those present carried a vote of confidence in Hertzog: also a resolution in favour of a new leader who should be neither Hertzog nor Botha. (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) £100 CONSOLATION. London, August 27. The Daily Mail lias awarded Hawker £'1000 for Ins flight. lit; covered 104'? miles in 12I!0 minutes. BIG DOCK. Singapore, August 27. Ihe King's Dock, which is the largest east of Suez, has been opened. It is capable of accommodating the steamer Olympic. REFI/GEftS. Sofia, August 27. 1 he Government is maintaining forty thousand destitute refugees from Thrace, and one hundred and fifty thousand from Macedonia. Meanwhile, pending set t lenient oi their respective claims against 'lurkey, forty thousand Turkish prisoners in Bulgaria and eighty thousand in Greece are not being liberated lest they strengthen ft liver Bey's forces. AT LAST.

Lima, August 27. Twenty-three warrants have been issued for the arrests of persons suspected of complicity in the Putumayo atrocities. (Peeeived This Day, 12 noon). JOK/riOXAL AMER ICANS. Montreal, August 27. Judge Globensky ruled out New York State Attorney's representatives when Thaw's motion to drop the Habeas Corpus proceedings was mentioned. Hundreds of spectators in court, chiefly Americans, cheered British justice and the British flag. _ Thaw bowed theatrically, three times. The IJnitcd States Attorneys refusal to make a statement, but declared that such an outburst * might have -been suppressed in any court. The Habeas Corpus motion has been adjourned. Washington, August 27. President Wilson declared that there would be no armed intervention in Mexico in any circumstances. Preservation of strict neutrality, with vigorous protection of American subjects and property, constituted his policy. .JOHNSON'S GFAlii) BEATEX. < Lndoii, August 27. Bailiffs entered Jack Johnson's house at Bayswater, in connection with damages given against liini in February, 1912. Subsequently a settlement was arranged. AFSTP ALI AN 51UTTON. Berlin, August 27. Owing to many visitors arriving for the review in Posen, the municipal'authorities feared a rise in foodstuffs.. They purchased fifteen hundred carcases of Australian mutton, which were sold rapidly at low rates. j I