Round the World

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 85, 13 May 1929, Page 2

Round the World

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

: VAFII0US HAPPEN1NGS ! GABLE ITEMS OF GENERAJU I INTERESTj,

, Aeroplane Crash, i A Wostralian Airways plane craslicd i when leaving Geraldton m c-Jiarge of i a new pilot, through &triking telci graph wires. Thc pilot and two pasi sengers wero unhurt. i | Heavy Rain In Sydney, In Sydney torrential rain had fallen up to Saturday night almost continuously since Friday morning. The metropolitan area is soaked and the streets were frequentlv awash. Record Altitude, Lieutenant Apollo Sourek, of the United States Navy, has heen credited by the National Aeronautical Association with a record altitude flight of 39,140 feet in a biplane liere on Weduesday. Thrilling Contest. In a thrilling last-minutc sprint, the A'ictorian crew dcfeated New 5out.li Walcs by a foot for the ladies' fouroared cliampionsliip of Australia, at Perth. AVestralia was three lengths away. The weather was cold and tlie water choppy.

Prince Henty. Despito rain, which is almost eternal in Nikko, Prince Henry enjoyed a day at the temple resort on Saturday. He fished in Lako Chusenji, 5000 "feet above the sea, and is now going to Hakone, visting the lake district at the base of Fuji. Opposed By Union. Lnioli leaders are advising the N.S.W. railwaymen to refuse to complv with the Government's rcquest for individual decision for the new log, contending that the matter is oue which should be dctermined liy the union exccutives, not by mcmbcrs person allv. Labour Leaders Summoned. Summonses have been issned against four Labour leaders — Garclen fsecre-tai-y of tlie Labour Council disputes committee), Kavanagh (chairman), Keeve fmembcr) and Eyan — for par-tic-ipating in a demonstration at the Darlinghurst Court when a number of timber strikers wero summoned to return to work. Ireland And Vatican, The Osservatore. Rome, states that the Irish Free State has applief! fo the Vatican for diplomntie relations, adding that the Holy See has benevolently accepted the reouest, and when the usual preliminaries are carried out it will send a representative to Dublin and be liappv to receire a Frce State accredited Minister. The Gl°zel Finds, An official Paris report on the Glozel finds, aftcr a year's investigation of inseriptions on the fossil finds, which divided the world of arehaeology into two camps, declares that it was a fake, Though the report is not disclosed to the press, it is stated that it coneludes tlie tablets were mauufactured during the past ten years. A second report will be drawn up dealing with the pottery and engraved pebbles. A British Secret, A closely kept British Air Ministry secret, which will be revealed at the International Aero Exhibition at Ol.vmpia in July, is a small aeroplane speeially c-onstrueted to fit to a submarine. Experimonts have been carried out for years to pcrfect the machine and evolve a method of carrying it in a suhmariue without greatly altering its construetion. The ehief value is that machines can Tio transported to desired place? with coniplete seereey, and will be invaluable for fleet co-operatior.