The Cambria Daily Leader

1 HAWKER SAFE. 1 Airmen Rescued by Oaiish I Ship, I TAKEN TO SCAPA. I The glorious news reached England on Sunday that Hawker and Grieve had been saved. When everyone but Mrs. Hawker had given up hope and when the rescue flotilla had put back to port, it was announced on Sunday afternoon that the two airmen were safe on board the small Danish steamer Mary, bound from New Orleans to Horsen (Denmark). The liveliest joy was shown through- out the country. No event since the Armistice has so stirred the popular imagination. IS IT HAWKER? I Shortly after noon the Admiralty issued the following statement: This morning a report has been re- ceived from the coastguard station at the Butt of Lewis that the Danish steamer Mary, eastward bound, report- ing having saved bands of Sopwith aero- plane. An attempt is being made to mtercopt this steamer as she passes the North of Scotland, in order that the re- port may be verified." About two p.m. the Air Ministry issued the following additional message: The Admiralty reports: "At about nine o'clock this morning the coastguard station at the Butt of Lewis received a visual signal from the Danish steam- ship Mary eastward bound, which stated. 'Sa/ed hands Sopwitn aero- planeJ In reply to a signal from the station. Is it Hawker ? the answer came, 1 Yès.' Steps have been taken to intercept the vessel and to confirm the I report. ) SAFE ON A DESTROYER. I Then followed several hours of tenso expectation, as it was not known for certain that the Mary would be inter- cepted, but about six p.m. all doubt was removed by the issue from the Air Minis- try of the following brief intimation: The Admiralty reports that the de- stroyer Woolston has intercepted the Danish steamer Mary, and has embarked Hawker and Grieve. They will be landed at Thurso. IN LONDON TO-MORROW. I At 8.45 last night the following fur- ther official communique was issued: Thd Air Ministry announces that the Admiralty reports that Mr. Hawker and Commander Grieve ¡ave arrived on board his Majesty's ship Revenge, where they will sleep to-night. Mr. Hawker. I ? They will leave by destroyer to-mor-j TOW (Monday) to catch the two p.m. train, which Is due to arrive at King's Cross at seven p.m. on Tuesday. They were picked up in lat. 50deg. 20min. N., long. 30deg. W., having alighted close to the steamer owing to a stoppage of circulation in the water- > pipe between the radiator and water- pump. The aeroplane was not salved. Both Mr. Hawker and Commander Grieve are in perfect health." QUE TO ENGINE. TROUBLE. "Tho Admiralty, at 9.20 p.m., issued the following: Mr. Hawker and Lieut.-Commander Grieve were picked up in lat. 50.20, long. 29-30, both in perfect healtlu hav- ing alighted close to a steamer owfflg to, engine trouble. I "The torpedo-boat destroyer W 1- ston, which intercepted the steamer, has taken them into Scapa, where tbpy are spending the night on board a mi>Q-of- war. They are due at King's Cross at I seven p.m. on, Tuesday, the 27th. The position given is approximately 750 miles from the coast of Ireland. The aeroplane was not salved." The position given above is within a very few miles of the spot where the red signal was seen early on Monday morning by the steamer Faraday-i.e., mid-Atlantic, and about 1.000tnilefl from St. John's. Tn other words, the airmen had accomplished just about half their task when the mishap overtook them. NEWFOUNDLAND'S JOY. I ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sunday I (received Monday). I The news of Hawker and Grieve was received here with intense excitement and pleasure. Suitable reference was inp/de to the event in all the churches. Other airmen here are much inspirited. MRS. HAWKER'S JOY. I It is splendid, and my delight is ever- whelming," but it is exactly what I ex- pected," Mrs- Hawker said to a represen- tative of the Daily Chronicle," who con- gratulated her on the good news on Sun- day. The pessimists lost hope," Mrs. Hawker went on, but I can honestly say that my hope never wavered. I know my husband was safe; I was sure that good news was only a question of time, and when it came to me from the Admiralty a little after noon to-day L was not a little pit surprised. is too soon yet to e plans to 1

WHERE THE RESCUE TOOK PLACE

MORE ABOUT TRAINS. No Sunday Service on the Rhondda. All of us have had our complaints to make about the G.W.R. and L. & N.W.R. services to Swansea, but the man who is looking1 for a real honest grouse might try to get back to Swansea from the Rhondda on a Sabbath. He will find he is up against a stiff proposition. The writer spe.»ks out of bitter experience. The Taff Vale and R. & S.B. lines do not seem to be run on a very rood mutual understanding, and that is the cause of the trouble. In pre-war days one could get a choice of two trains either way lYfi a Sunday. To-day things are different. Perhaps the present sufferer may be able to retail his experiences for the benefit of the travelling r»r.Vlic. SOLVING THE PROBLEM. .Having had some difficulty in getting Lback from the R-hymney Valley on a pre- icms w-(>ek-encl, and being ",M to solve the problem only via Cardiff, he though he would give the Rhondda a chance, and tincnt Saturday night with some friends- at Llwyny pia, relying on getting a through train on the joint route. But there isn't one. There were, however, a few alter- natives. (a) He might go to Cardiff by the T.V.P. at 11.35 a.m., getting into Cardiff at 12.42 (mid-day). He would then be in ample time in catch the 5.15 p.m. to Swansea. (0) He might walk as far as Blaengwynfi across Penpych mountain, catching a train at 5.3 p.m., which would take him to the end of its jotirnkt,Port Talbot, (Aberavon) by 5.37. He could then elect to walk to the G. W.R. station and await a connection—if he got it! (c) Tho 5.15 p.m. ex-Cardiff (G.W.R.) stops at Llantrisant at 5.38, and it is possible to get from Llwynypia to Lian- trissant by road. There is no Sunday rail connection. Shank's pony is the only way one can be certain of, for the plea- sure-seeking Rhonddaites seem to comman- deer all the motor power in advance for Sunday journeys to Porthcawl. The walk to Llantrissant is a 9-mile one; but it can be very pleasant if one has plenty of time to contemplate the scenery-a. this vic- tim found on the return journey, having lost the train by a matter of minutes! Oh. for a ood aeroplane service!

COL. MORGAN'S GIFT. An interesting gift has just been made to the Royal Institution of Soutla Wales, which takes the form of a golf hall-one of the eil rliest used -on the St. Andrew's golf links, one of the oldest in the coun- try. The ball is filled with feathers en- cased in leather. The gift was made by [Col. W. LI. Morgan, R.E.

A BROKEN ARMY AFCHANCOMMAtDER WANTS PEACE. Simla, May 15 (delayed).—It is officially announced that the Afghan Commander- in-Chief lias sent a letter to the Political Agent, for the Khyber Pass asking for a cessation of hostilities. The announcement has caused no sur- prise in view of the reports regarding the moral of the Afghan Army and the panic caused by our air attacks.—" Times" I correspondent. j A HEAVY DEFEAT., I BOMBAY, May 15th, delayed I (received Monday). Further reports from Ramdi show that the Afghans suffered heavy defeat on the I 11th inst. Our captures in material amount to I seven guns, and the casualties inflicted on the enemy number 100 killed. These hgures do not include the casualties i caused by aeroplanes, which carried on long distance bombing raiige. with excel- lent effect. Our total casualties up to May 12th amount to: British-killed 4, wounded 19; Indians-killed 7, wounded 22.

TRAIN DISASTER. 12 Killed and 30 Injured in France. PARIS, Monday. At Persam Beaumont, on the Paris- Bauvais line, an engine in process of be- ing shunted collided crossways with a passenger train. Two carriages were crashed into, and it is reported that: 12 persons were killed and 30 injured.

ON, SGRAP HEAP. Swansea Spelter Worker's Defence. A spelter worker named James Baker (12), was summoned at Swansea on Mon- day for stealing a slow combustion stove, value 30s., the property of the English Crown Spelter Co., Ltd., on May 12th. Defendant, it was stated, was seen leav- ing the works with something in a sack, which, he said, was only a" bit of scrap. Defendant pleaded that he found the stove, which was in a very dirty condi- tion, on a heap of scrap. He thought it was of no further use at the works. He was very sorry. A fine of CS or one month's imprison- ment was imposed.

HUSBAND IN ARMY. Morriston Woman's Child. At Swansea on Monday, Lyzzod Bayn- ham (26), a married woman, now residing at Morriston, summoned Sidney James Courtney, a French polisher, of Cardiff, to show cause, &c. Mr. Trevor Hunter (in- structed by Mr. D. O. Thomas) appeared for complainant. Compla-inant, in evidence, stated that she was married in 1915. Her husband later joined the Army, and was drafted overseas early in 1917. During her hus- band's absence she went to live with de- fendant's mother at Llantrisant-road, Car- diff. The child was born in June, 1918, and in the following August she informed her husband of what had occurred, and immediately her separation money was stopped. Divorce proceedings were instituted in March of this, year, when the defendant was cited as co-respondent. The paternity was admitted by defend- ant, and an order of 7s. 6d. per week, with usual costs and expenses, was made.

SIR 0. M. EDWARDS. Sir O. M. Edwards, Chief Inspector in Wales, visited Terraoe-road School, Swan- sea, on Monday, and spent a pleasant half- ivoui the classes in the Boys' School. 11 1M.n rr»g- ••

LANDORE SO,L-t.IE tk" I" T' I Mrs. Davies, of Park House, Llev elyi: Park, Landore, whose husband, I'to Dd. Davies, of the 17th Welsh, has been missing since November 15th. 1917, has received intimation that her husband was killed on that date. Prior to enlisting deceased was fore- man of the Llewelyn Park, under the Swansea Corporation, where he had been employed for 14 years. He was well-known and highly respected in the district, and leaves a widow and three children.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING. To the Editor. Sir,—In your issue of the 12th inst. a letter appeared under the nom de guerre of Chwareu T,-g with reference to the proposal of the Electric Light Committee to supply lighting to a block or street of houses other than Corporation property, on the &amn terms as it is now supplied to the tenants of the Corporation houses. I support him in his protest that this is not the time to inaugurate experiments that are likely to result in a loss to the ratepayers. I would go further, and ask where this is to end? Why cannot every- body who so desires demand the same treatment. Why should not the tenants in our higher-rented residential quarters claim similar preferential treatment as that given to cottages or workmen's dwel- lings. I suggest, sir, that this question needs careful consideration before any de- cision is come to.-Yoiirs. &c.. Rhyddings.

————■Mil —B———^ SWANSEA BATTALION CADRE BRINGING HOME THE COLOURS The Swansea Battalion cadre arrived at Southampton on Saturday together with cadres oi other Welsh Units, in- cluding the 13th and 15th Welsh Regi- ments. All the units proceeded to Newmarket for dispersal, and each cadre had its Colours. it is interesting to note that when the cadres were about to leave their final camp in France for embarkation Mr. Lloyd George paid them a surprise visit and addressed them. The Premier eulogised the work of the "Welsh troops in the war, and recalled the many famous engagements in which, he said, they had worthily sustained. the tradi- tions of their race. The Swansea Battalion unit will arrive in Swansea during the week bearing the Colours, and a civic wel- come will probably be accorded them. No definite arrangements have yet been made.

I BOXING. I «<>. I Taney Lee's Swansea I Opponent. I Negotiations with Chris I.angdon hav- ing proved unsatisfactory, Professor Ali. Harry has arranged with Sammy Lane (Cwmavon) to oppose Tancv Lee at the Swansea tournament on Whit-Monday. t' Lane is one of Wales's foremost boxers, and his Swansea tussle with Toanny Phil- I lips will not soon be forgotten.

I BODY IN CANAL. I I Gruesome Discovery at I T-eath. iThe bodv of a newly born female child was' found in the Canal on Sun- (day afternoon. it was wrapped in brown paper, and Ixwe no marks of violence, and, from all appearance, it had been in the water for about a fortnight. A post-mortem lias been held, and the inquest fixed for Tuesday. The I police are investigating the matter. { i i

I TIN WORKS DISPUTE. I I I j 350 Men Idle at iVIelyn cry than The Eagle Tinplate Works, Melincry- than, Neath, are idle to-day owing, it is stated, to a dispute in the tinhouse de- partment. About 350 men are idle. The men employed in the tinhouse finishing department have been agitating for some weeks lor an increase in the wige rate, and demand the same wages for an eight hours' day as for the old twelve hours' day. The question in dispute will be considered by the Conciliation Board at the end of the current week. j

FOREMEN TRIMMERS. I Progress of Swansea Pay I Negotiations. I I A special meeting in respect of the foremen trimmers question was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday at noon. The President (Mr. Arthur Andrews), who was in the chair, submitted a report of the negotiations which had transpired as between the shippers and the foremen trimmers, and a resolution of entire con- fidence was passed in favour of the com- mittee conducting the negotiations, and I plenary powers granted the committee to conclude the negotiations and to effect a settlement. ( The new proposal is that the foremen j trimmers be cmloved by the shippers, I and that they be paid by them and not I' by the trimmers, as has been the custom 1 in the pact.

LATE MR. D. MEAGER. I I Swansea Gentleman Buried I at Danygraig. The funeral of 3Ir. David Meager, J.P.. of Eaton-crescent, Swansea, left the resi- dence at two o'clock on Monday afternoon for Walter-road Congregational Church, where a memorial service was conducted by the Revs. Geo. McLuckie and Evan Jenkins. The coffin was of unpolished oak, with brass fittings, and bore the inscription: David Meager, died 22nd May, 1919, aged 83 years." The interment took place at Danygraig. The following mourners and friends were present: Messrs. Ernest, Sidney, George, William, Cuthbert, G. Bernard, i and Reginald S. Meager (sons), D. Villiers I' Meager (barrister-at-law), Trevor Meager, (solicitor), Harry Meager, Hartwell Jen- kins, Thomas Simm, Arthur Hansard, Frederick Meager, E. P. Jones, Dr. Knight, Messrs. A. Gray, F. Bell, George Horsley, and Col. W. D. Trick. The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Messrs. D. C. Jones and Son, Castle-square, Swansea.

I NOT TAMPERED WITH. I At Swansea on Monday, Mrs. E. S. Leaker, Woodland Dairy, St. Helen'.s-road. Swansea, was summoned for selling milk 11 per cent. deficient in butter fnt. Mr. J. Evan Rowland, fcr defendant, proved thabthe milk had not been tampered with. The case was dismissed. t

GERMANY WILL SIGN i -0 "UNDER PROTEST. PARIS, Monday. A telegram from Zurich to the Petit Journal states that the German coun- ter-proposals, which filled 80 pages, will be handed on Tuesday, or at latt on I IWednerday, to the Council of Four. I "UNDER PROTEST." I Wibhin the last few days the German 1 Press has been sounding a retreat. It announces that Germany will sign the Peace Treaty under protest against the I violence done her.—Exchange. I SURPRISING LETTER TO 1 WILSON. PARIS, Sunday (Received Monday). Nine members of the American Com- i mission to Negotiate Peace have sent letters to the secretary of the Commis- I sion placing on recona their opposition to the peace Treaty with Germany as drafted. Tho nine include Mr. William C. Bullitt, who with the American jour- nalist Mr. Lincoln Steffens went to Rus- sia some months ago, and is reported to have brought back to President Wil- son a communication from Lenin out- lining what the Bolshevists demand as a condition of the cessation of hostilities and ending their propaganda. Mr. Bullitt, however, is the only one I of the nine who has resigned point blank, and he has addressed a letter to President Wilson explaining his reasons. Hs also declares his conviction that the present League of Nations will be power- less to prevent future wars, and further- more that the United States will be in- volved m these wars owing to the obli- gations undertaken in the Covenant of the League and the special understand- ing with France. In conclusion, Mr. BuUitt contends that it is the duty of the United States to refuse to sign this unjust treaty," and to refuse to enter I the League of Nations. I

MINERS' HOLIDAY. I PIT HEAD BATHS I (By Our Mining Correspondent.) I A meeting of the Joint Conciliation Board for the coal trades of South Wales and Monmouthshire was held this morn- ing at the Engineers' Institute, Cardiff. Mr. Evan Williams, Llaagennech, pre- sided on the owners' side, and Mr. Enoch Morel on the workmen's s:k. Amongst those present were Mr. Finlay A. Gibson (secretary of the coolownfcre' aide), tho Right Hon. Thomas Richards, M.P. (secretary of the Miners' FoderaAion), Mr. J. James (Anthracite district), Mr. 0. H. Weston, Mr. W. Jenkins (Poit Talbot), and others. Mr. J. D. Morgan, of the. I Anthracite district, was ill and unable to attend. HOLIDAYS QUESTION. I It was agreed that at Whitsuntide three clays' holiday be taken, namely, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The workmen's representatives having applied for the application of the Friday pay-day to all the collieries throughout the coalfield, the owners conceded the; principle, and a sub-oommittee was ap- pointed to settle details. It was also agreed that the same com- mittee should consider the question of pit-head baths, with a v iew to a ballot of the men at the different pits. The owners' representatives raised the question of the sigiiing of the contract re- garding the Conciliation Board as part a the agreement between masters and work- men. The matter was deferred. It was agreed that the question of the adjustment of piece work rates, rendt-r-Ki necessary in consequence of the change in the working hours, should be gone into by a joint committee to settle details.

BALDWIN'S, LTD. Investigations in Canada. Mr. J. C. Davies, joint managing direc- tor oi the firm ot Baldwins, Ltd., re- turned to South W ales on Saturday after a visit to Cafiada in connection with pro- posals to extend the company's enter- prises. The Toronto Fnancial Post states that there is a charge of the British Forg- ings, Toronto—the Munitions Board plant in that city-passing to the firm. The paper in question adds:— Mr. Davies, their representative, has been in Canada tor some time, and left for the Sui.t*?s on a mission connevted with the project, but will return shortly. Tin Baldwins have been investigating the pos- sibilities in Canad, and seem to regard them favourably. If the proposals go through it would mean a big industry for Toronto. But will the Bolshevik Press let it go through? Will they not be afraid someone is going to make a proSt ? They killed the attempts to start here what is now the Steel Corporatian of Canada, pro- moted by that public-spirited citizen, the late Senator Jaffray. "At present tinplate is on the freelist save for the war tax." All that can be added at the moent is that matters are stil in the preliminary stage.

i ACOLUER'SEARNtNGS. j — I Povert uPlea on 24 a Week. 9 You can't buy stockings for the; children under three bob a pair," was the I excuse of Robert Arthur Edwards, a < Seven Sisters collier, who was summoned at Neath on Monday for disobeying a j maintenance order in respect of Bis wife. I Warrant Officer Gabriel eaid an order of 10s. a week was made, and defendant. wns in arrears to the extent of S18 10s. He was a collier, and his average earn- ings lor the past three months were "3 Iq, s. 3d. Defendant: I can't afford to pay 10s. a week. Aid. H. P. Charles: What? Four pound a week an can't afford 10s. for your wife? Defendant: She left me beeauso I wouldn't live in Neath, and I've got to keep a housekeeper Ordered to pay. J

I TO-DAY'S CRICKET. ,V'. Surrey (2nd inn.) 126 for i v-kii. Australians, 151 Yorkshire, 22-3 112). TO-DAY'S-RACING, 1'. TO.DAY'S-RACING. ,.I i ,>I.-¡, Betting: 100 to 30 on StartibwvT. ■ J.fr—Kaee declared-Void-' ■  >-•: ,Mc  ■ -v;' V • '•••*■ • S ■ # V • i v*' J < <,z, t l =.. For To-day's Cricket set Page 5.

 TO-liCHT'S EVElY.. I T0-NWHT S EVENTS. Pattman at the Emcire Tales of Hoffmann" at the Grand. Great Decision" at the Elysium. "Broken Ties" at the Royal. Mies Innocence" at tho CacAie. Triumoh at the Picture House. The Empty Cab at the Carlton. i i TOMORROW. I South Wales Milk Producers' Conference at Swansea. j ) Parke Committee at 2.45. I Watch Committee at 3.30. Swansea. (West) Liberal Association Annual I Meeting, Mond Buildings. 8.0 I Messrs. J. M. Leeder's Sale of Property at j Cameron. at 3.0. I I THE WEATHER. (From the Meteorological Office.) j General Infcrenoc.-Small irrcatilaritie. in barometric pressure over the British Isles ( are likely to cause a legs settled condition of weather generally: showers of a thun- i elery character are nrobable in, varioue lo- ftmiee. i To-day's Forecast.—South Wales: Wtnd | Iierht N. or variable, changeable sky, local I showers, thundery tendency foe patches on i coast; moderate temperature.

t LOCAL INVALIDS. Mr. T. J. Williams, M.P., had a very «ood week-end, and his condition on Mon- day afternoon was unchanged. Mr. W. H. Edwards's oonditioa was stated also to be unchanged.

Illtyd Davies, Alfred-street, Neath, w" fined 10s. by the Neath magistrates on Monday for contravening the Muscling Order. At Swansea on Monday, Rachol Owens summoned a soldier named Ban- field to show cause, etc. An order to 7a. 6d. per week was made.

TO-DAY S RACING. MEETING. I The opening1 of the York Meeting this J. | afternoon war. a very jnausnicious one, the j ret event, on the card Droducing nothing better tha a waji-over. Things did not im. orore very mI. as only four runners vul. In an anoearauce for the Knavesmire T»» j tear-Old Plate. Seven competitors f the starter lor the chief event. of the sL noon-the Flyinc Dutchman ?hich WM won by LoM DurbamV l*roco<k, (I \Vich was quietly fancied by t .w.b1e. De6AU. A EC GI?LSGOW SELLING WB??K I J1 UttO HANDICAP 01 200 eoVL 0? *Mle and a half. NUlT BLANCHE walked orer. ) O 9A KNAVESMIRE MAIDEN TWO- ?.OU YEAR-OLD PLATE of 150 80U; ) two-year-olds. Five furlonge. I Mr Harvie'g CUMBERLAND. a.12.Po, t Mr S. Beer's HULLO AMERICA. A4 Leach 2 I Lord Zetland's GOOD DAT. 8-9.Bobbins 2 Mr Tarrant's Legrende Double. 8-12.. Bnec -0 Off 2.30. Trained b- Sadler eenr. i Betting: 7 to 2 on Cumberland. 7 to I I Hullo America and Good Day. 100 to 7 TAo. j mend's doable. Half & length: four. Ion— FLYING DUTMMAN WELTEE 3.0 HANDICAP oi 500 eon On? =94?. i Lord Durham's BAROCCO 4 9-7 C?Ml?ke 1 Sir E. Oassel's CYCLIST. 4 9-0 Led sen 1 8? W. Nelson'e PATLANDER. 5 8-1: Finer S f Mr J. Harne 8 Old Gold. 4 9-2 .Foy < Mr G. Smith's Sally Crap, & 84 Drake8 Lord Derby's Mrs Jawleyford. 4 8-6 | WTjeatley 0 4r W. Horneby 8 Buckstaffe 4 6? CoHia* 0 i Off 3.1. Trained by Eeoott.. Bettinc: 7 to 4 Patlander 11 to 4 Baroeoo. 4 to 1 Grclist. 7 to I Old Gold. 10 to 1 Mn j Jawleyford. 100 to 7 others. Three-parta of j a Iensrth: short head.

meet my husband, but as fsoon as I know lie is I shall go to him." SPREADING THE GLAD NEWS. Directly %,ho heard the news Mrs. Hawker posted outside her house at Sur- biton a notice stating:— Mr. Hawker found on boat Mary, bound for Denmark." The message was surmounted by an Australian flag, and there were streamers of flags from the house to the railings outside. The news, of course, rapidly spread, and Mrs. Hawker was soon overwhelmed with congratulations. All day, indeed, her house was invaded by friends who were anxious to rejoice with her. Mrs. Hawker's sister was busy at the telephone, the bell of which tinkled for hours, giving confirmation of the happy rumours, and accepting con- gratulations from friends known and un- known. The Vicar of Hook Parish Church was one of the callers, and he expressed his intention of converting the evening ser- vice into one of thanksgiving. S,5,000 CONSOLATION PRIZE. The Daily Mail" to-day makes the following annotinr,(-ment:- The Daily Mail Prize for the first flight across the Atlantic by a heavier than air machine, under the rules drawn up and administered by the Royal Aero Club, remains to he won. and it is prob- able that it will be won before the end of the summer The attempt made by Mr. Harry Hawker and 1m navigator, Commander Grieve, R.N.. ended at fi-30 on Wednesday even- ing, when the time limit of 72 hours ex- pired. Desiring, however, to recognise the de- termined nature of their effort, which has filled their countrymen and women with admiration, the "Daily Mail has. de- cided to award them a consolation prize of X5,000, which will doubtless be divided between t.hem in the proportions upon which it is understood they had agreed with regard to the Clo,ooo prize. THE RESCUE SHIP. The Mary is a. screw steamer of 1,824 tons, built at West Hartlepool in 1908. Her engines are Scottish. She was first named the Grovehill, and then rftehris- tened by her preseaat owner, Chr. Andre- sen, of Copenhagen. She is registered at Esbierg, and she flies the Danish flag. She is not a fast vessel, and she does not carry wire less. To the first fact we are probably indebted for the saving of Hawker and Grieve. To the second is due the long period of a week's suspense. Leaving New Orleans on; April 28, the Mary must have made a slow pas-sage across the Atlantic. The distance between Ne4t' Orleans and the Butt of Lewis is ap- proximately 4,500 nautical miles. Having taken 27 days to do this distance, it is clear that on Monday morning the Mary would have done seven-ninths of the dis- tance. This would place her on the New- foundland-Ireland route some miles east of the point at which the red flare was seen by the cable ship Faraday at 4.1 a.m. on Monday morning.