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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1928, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

NOSE DIVE INTO SEA. OPORTO, Portugal, Aug. 8. Further details of the rescue of the Polish Atlantic .airmen, Major Kubala: and Capt. Idrsikowski, off Cape Finisappeared favourable for the accomplishCapt. Ahrends, of the HamburgAmerika liner Samos, sighted their aeroplane, the Marshal Pilsudski, at 11 a.m. on Saturday 80 miles off the Cape. The airmen dropped a message on the liner stating that they were coming down in the sea near the ship owing to a defect in the oil feed. >

Capt. Idzikowski states that after leaving Paris they flew for 31 hours under perfect weather conditions. All appeared favourable for the accomplish’ ment iof' the flight until the engine trouble developed, compelling them to return f,to ; the •nearest point in (E ur °P 3 tp,find a steaxner. The, aeroplane nosedived into the sea, but remained afloat long enough to,enable the,ship’s boat to rescue them and .pass a cable to the vessel to haul .the wrecked machine aboard., . , ,

COACH DOWN RAVINE. ENGLISH GIRL KID LED. ’ SAN. SEBASTIAN, Aug. 9One ’ English girl,, whose name is given as Miss Winifred Holland, mss killed and eleven other tourists have been injured in a motor-qoach accident The vehicle was going from Biarritz to the Monastery of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Spain and ran into a tree. D crashed down a ravine when descending a steep hill near Rentena, between the Fra neo-Spanish ,-fidiitier , station of Iran and San Sebastian.

The accident was .due apparently to the breaking of an axle. The heavy coach with its 15 occupants overturned and the petrol, tank Exploded aiid caught fire. -Miss Winifred Holland was pinned beneath the overturned car and was burned, to .death -before companions could go to her assistance. All the passengers in the coach were English visitors who had set out from Biarritz to make the popular tour to the monastery. ' The party was in charge of Mr Harvey, an English clergyman, who escaped with severe bruises. His sister, Miss Frieda Harvey, was seriously injured. Among the other tourists injured were Miss Alice Langden, her brother Mr Claridge Langden, and Miss Furtwangler. Miss Langden is suffering from a broken collarbone, and it is feared that she may have received a fracture of tlie .base bf the skull. Her brother has a. broken lib. *

IN HIS WAR BILLET. BOULOGNE, August 9. The Prince of Wales took coffee today in his old war billet at the hfont. Motoring through the village of Wizernes, near St. Omer, he ordered his chauffeur to pull up outside a farm belonging to M. and Mine. Mequ.gnonJoly, where he was billeted for foui months. . The Prince crossed the farmyard and made straight for the door of the farmhouse. A man was standing in. his shirt-sleeves on the threshold. Beyon him stood a buxom pleasant woman. “You do not seem to know me awain/’ said the Prince, smiling. “ Mon Dieu, it is m’sieu,” exclaimed Mine. Mequignon-Joly. She was so overcome with emotion that she burst into tears. .. , , The Prince shook her and her husband heartily by the hand and inquired after the children. The woman insisted upon his sitting down as in days gone by and taking coffee with the family. . , . . The Prince did so with obvious pleasure, and for 45 minutes he chatted over old times.

"WORLD DEBT TO U..S. BRUSSELS, Aug. 8. At to-dav’s meeting of the Labour the subject under discussion was the economic situation of the worker after Morris Hillquic, the United States delegate, said that the industrial centre of gravity had been transferred from 'Europe to bis country, to whom 40 Governments owed money . wluoh ooujtd never he paid. The interest alone on these debts represented the wages-of 5,000,000 workers, '

Mr. C. T Crampt, representing the English mihvorkers, after explaining ,the economic, situation of England* said that the problem of production could bo only be solved nationally. Steps should also be taken, he added to stop the uncontrolled production oi arms, and to prohibit the sale of goods produced by labour for which wages lower than normal had been paid.

HOUSE ROBBED BY RUSE. i:' . SERVANTS. TRICKED BY ; J TELEPHONE.;; ..i: SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 7. The residence of 'Mr E- W. Misselbrook, Springfield, Northlands road, Southampton, was robhed to-day after, two servants had. been decoyed from the house by, a bogus telephone .message. • " ■' ■ h' The thieves 7having apparently acquainted themselves with the constitution of the household and having watched Mrs Misselbrook leave, telephoned shortly before noon. One of the servants answered and heard a man’s voice state that Mrs Misselbrook had met with an accident. i He then inquired if the gardener was there. ,Qn learning that he was not, he inquired if there was any man about the place. The servant replied'“ No.” He then said, “ Mrs Misselbrook wants you both to come at once to 24, Shirley Avenue.” ! l ••.j 1. M \ I The two servants, who had been preparing lunchebri,'' 'went' immediately to the address given, but the.occupants of the house knew nothing of the accident. , When Mrs Misselbrook returned .about. 12.3 Q. .P-Pi: she. injssed.-, from her bedroom ' her '^jewel-case,'' a ‘ pair' of binoculars, and a case containing seven diamond and pearl rings valued at more than £IOO. *' FOREIGNERS DETAINED. PARIS, August 8. The Paris Communists complain that no fewer than 1,839 Red men and women were detained yesterday, arru' that the Prefect of Police “kidnapped” M. Vaiilant-Oouturier, the Communist Deputy, for 24 hours without justification. . iM. Waillant-Couturier himself declares that he was the victim of a “legalised Fascist plot.” j The 13 leadei's still detained include, M. Capdeville, the deputy mayor of lyry- ,w,bp, r ,isf, charged assaulting; ■the -police, apd '9B jcases,, will : be examined by M. f , liO'U, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of the Interior.

Any foreigners copyisted pf bayrngj played an active pffi;t,jh tbfj deipqpti: stration will be expelled from France.