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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1923, Page 3

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ENGLISH MAIL 'PLANE CRASHES.

LONDON. Sep. 14

The Mnnohester-London air mai crashed near Ivinghoe. Five were kill ed including the pilot and the me elmnie.

The Diamlcr accident is the first in which life has been lost since the British civil air transport was inauguaited. The scene of the disaster was Ivinghoe Beacon, one of the highest points of the Chiltern Hills. I).11. 84 was an eleven-sea ter, and had been making regular trips to Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam during the last IS months. Several persons who saw the disaster lieliev there were Lidications of engine trouble. The machine suddenly stopped with a loud report. The aeroplane then turned sideways, and crashed. There was such a mass of twisted wreckage that the cabin had to he broken open before the bodies of the passengers could he got at.

A curious fact was noted, that, while the wicker chairs in the saloon were practically undamaged, the passengers were crushed to pulp, the bodies only being held together by the clothes. They had been shot forward by the impact, and the metal work of the machine crashed on top of them.

MADAME FAH.MY CHEERED.

LONDON. Sep. 10

Madame Falmiy Rev swooned when tiie jury retired. She was carried below. where she recovered. When she hoard the verdict she again fainted, hut she was medically attended to and drove off amid the cheering crowds.

TRIBESMEN ATTACK TROOPS

/Received this day at S a.m.) DELHI. Sep. JO.

Passive resistance by the Akali tribesmen to the Nalibn State authorities has developed into active resistance. A large number of Aknlis from Fcrozepur attacked the X'aliha State cordon around Downs, and a number of tlie State troops were injured. Sixteen Aknlis were arrested, also the leading promoters of the trouble at Wewas. NATION.! LIST C().\(: i! ESS. DELHI, Sep. 10. A special session of the Nationalist's Congress discussed the question of the political dissension since Gandhi's imprisonment. The president emphasised that the self-governing of India would remain a dream without Hindu and Moslem unity, and suggested a national pact to eliminate tin* causes of friction. He also urged the unquestioned obedience to mandates.

Congress committees were appointed to submit proposals to restore political and communal unity. Questions of the boycotting of British goods a it'd the entering of a. protest in connection with the administration of Kenya were also discussed, but no decisions were reached. TYPHOON IN JAPAN. /Received this day at 8 a.m.) OSAKA. Sep. |(i. A typhoon has visited the mainland. Ships engaged in the carrying of relief supplies to the earthquake areas have taken shelter. The town of Toltnri is reported to he inundated.