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Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1931, Page 3

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SOVIET CONDITIONS. . ■ • DIFFERENT VERSIONS. LONDON, August 12. Conversations between Lady Astor ana ißussian work people',' as recorded in “Pravda,” the official Soviet organ, are translated in the “Manchester Guardian.’’ Comparisons are stated to have been made between Russia and Australia—to the disadvantage of Australia.

Lady Astor, the first woman; member of the House of Commons, visited Russia recently in company with Mr George Bernard Shaw. According- to the article, Lady Astor had a kfivg conversation with a-vvoman employee’‘Of a bakery, who had lived in Australia for many years.

The woman claimed that she was happier in Russia, where she was never unemployed, her work was much valued, and her three children were educated at the expenses of the State, each specialising in a certain ‘branch of industry.

“I should never have had" sufficient money for a proper education for them in Australia,” .she said.

The conversation, according to the “Pravda” continued ais ’follows:— The Woman ; I had my own room in Australia. Hdre 'five others share one with me.

> Lady -Astor : Good gracious. Do you really think you are better off here then ?

The Woman : Certainly. ' The article continues; —Lady Astor then turned excitedly to Mr Bernard Shaw, who replied that it depended on the room. Later, when lie saw the room, Mr Shaw, indicating the iriany windows, said %hat in England 15 workers would be glad" 1 to. live in it.

“NAKED UGLY FACTS.” POLICE BRUTALITY IN U.S.A. WASHINGTON, August 12. A tale of systematised police brutality, and a 10-year record of illegal law enforcement by barbarous third degree methods, are disclosed by the Wickersham Commission on Law Observance and-Enforcement. It - urges President Hoover to pass a constitutional amendment, if necessary, to secure reform. “Naked, ugly facts of lawlessness in law enforcement” are described by the commission. (11 . Favourite methods' used by the police in a score of the larger cities, it states, includes severe beatings with lists and -sandbags, handcuffing men upside down while - spraying then with tear gas, forcing men into tails with diseased prisoners, and forcing prolonged sleeplessness for five or six days. •In Miami, a man accused of having ■killed his wife, was chained to the floor of a mosquito-infested with the ■scalp of his dead wife at his- feet. A negro charge!! with murder was chained to the floor. Water was poured up his nostrils, almost sriflocating him, until he confessed. - Mr G. W. •Wickersham, a former Attorney-General of the United Stab's, ; c chairman of the comnrssion. It was this commission which early this year reported against the repeal or revision of the prohibition law in U.S.A.

BRITAIN’S HOPES. NEW WONDER ’PLANES. .1 LONDON, August —. A small company of .aviation experts and journalists have been .inspecting the two new racing Vickers Supermarine Rolls-Royce Sbß seaplanes, which have been specially constructed for use by the British team in the contest oil September 12 for the Schneider trophy, and which are expected to prove the fastest aircraft ever built. The machines closely resemble the Vickers ' Supermarine Rolls-Royce Soa seaplanes flown in the 1929 race,' and in one of which 'Squadron-Leader - Orlebar created the world’s speed record o! sb< miles an hour. The chief points of. difference are increased horsepower, provision for, carrying greater loads of tu-.l and oil, increased cooling efficiency, and a new type of air screw. Observers eomment-bn the perfection of the streamlining. ,Th& new conditions’ governing the weight of the machines arc tantamount to adding af lap to-the race, but -it is believed that the S6B will easily break OrlebarV 1929 record.', The designers -have pointed out that Britain’s late decision to participate in the contest prevented the' construction of an entirely and, therefore, the 1929 improved on. The new wing-surfac.e|3?adiatbrs, consisting of two thicknesses.' of duralumin, with a thin waterway-between, do not add to the weight-or resistance, and will solve the difficult cooling problem. The fuel is'carried'in’the.' floats, thus economising in the mjittgj^.o ; f tanks. . - -Mbvf'i .