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definite word arirves of italian aairship crew adrift in ice floes in arctic radio conversation places their position and tells of two men being injured making for land need boats klngs bay spltzbergen bearing lee holds up rescue ship two of their number who were lujured caplala rhserlarsen today flew when the italia came down on the ice uu p from spltzbergen and joined 1 the arctic ocean the crew of the lieut holm on the gealer hobby big dirigible are making perilous but lce pack6d around that vessel progress toward land the 18 mea preventea them from taking off have divided into two parties pre- fof the 8pot tne arctlc 0ccau where sumably to allow a tew of the stronger tue ualla crew 9t to reach the rescue ships and guide he a rcca icebreaker the relief expeditions back to the main to king 80 lt dy might fit out as a base ship for the open water leads among the floes are making tho progress slow and at end of epochal flight over north pole s2 i two norwegian aviators but ico con ditions have also prevented that vos- dangerous at times tho men are 8e from making head borne out of their course as the wind the citta dl m llano has received or sea currents drift the floes east no uouulte wor1 a3 to the act con rfi south when the drift is toward dulon of ula a lt8eif it ca ho west there is that much gain for on be conjccturcd that slle was no the refugees totally wrocked thl3 theory being boats to get then from their pre- d fact ulat solar ol3er vatlon and radio instruments wcro saved otherwise noblles men could not have communicated their position to this harbor difficulties confront rescuers 1 captain romagna in his appeals to v j k i dlcament constitute tho need of the moment the crew has provisions for six weeks all this was revealed lu radio con versations last night and today the citta dl mllano kept in constant touch with general nobiles men each message however accented the peril tho italian ministor at oslo empha- and the necessity for speed in rescue sized tho need for haste in couversa- in tho fact of this condition cap- tlous hero ho also dwelt on tho difli- tain romagna of tho citta dl mllano cultlos that confront rescuers he has asked the italian minister to nor- agrees with captain rlisorlarsen way to request aid of the russian that a big russian ice breaker is tho government which possesses the most best hope for success powerful icebreakers word has also the italian commander has asked been dispatched to milan to hasten tho a local dog driver if he could make departure of the big italian seaplane his way over the ice to the italias the savola55 crew tho lattor whoso name is captain rllserlarsen norwegian smith said he could probably do it naval ace explains that the planes but the trip would bo very dangerous which he and lieut holm brought to and prolonged in his opinion tho spltzbergen have not space to carry best chance of rescue by dog sled supplies sufficient for the is refugees would come if the italias men succeed he and the lieutenant however are in reaching the coast of north east making every effort to get in touch land they could bo fetched by dogs with the marooned men from that place senate divorce work finished number of applications re viewed heaviest on record ottawa the senate divorce com mittee has finished its work for the session the heaviest on record no tice has been given of 298 applications while 2g8 petitions were actually pre sented unopposed cases were grant ed to tho number of 233 opposed cases which were successful numbered 7 three unopposed cases and seven op posed ones were rejected nineteen were not dealt with because of the delays required not expiring they were started too late infidelity was the ground in 237 cases three wero granted on other grounds of tho applications recommended 215 wero from ontario and 25 from quebec many occupations wero reflected but on the whole this year as usual the great preponderance of divorce comes from the middle classes tho growth of divorce is reflected in these comparative statistics 1019 55 1920 100 1921 111 1922 102 1923 117 1921 130 1925 133 1926 124 1927 19g and this year 210 the motor toll victims of weekend motor acci dents in ontario were dead james h hinuegan 19 wallace burg fred paul detroit mrs w r jackson owen sound charles davis napanee edward barnott 75 windsor anthony george ayr mrs anthony george ayr injured w r jackksan and edward jack son owen sound mrs belle side detroit joseph brechard paincourt mrs louis breokard detroit edwin brechard detroit alphy breohard detroit marlon gray guelph john sirone tiiorold goorge fleming stouftville rev r yv frid guelph historic flight ended at sydney southern cross reaches her goal in australia amid great euthusiasm sydney australia the 7s00niila flight of tho monoplane southern cross across the pacific ocean from oakland cal to sydney was com pleted when the plaue and its crew of four arriver hero at 308 pm 908 pm staurday pacific coast time the plane covered the last leg of its epochal air journey 500 miles from brisbane australia on schedule time landing at tho local field after follow ing the coast line of australia for five hours and eight minutes the arrival of the two australians and two americans captain charles kingsfordsmith charle3 ulm harry w lyon and james warner was marked by wild enthusiasm on the part of thousands of persons who had watched and hoped as the huge trl- motored craft fought its way through storms for hours along the 7800 mile path over the sea the flight from california to syd ney was accomplished in less than 10 days there were halts of many hours on the hawaiian island of oanu where the plane landed from oakland another short delay was experienced on the island of kauai across the channel from w1lkins and eielson land at spitsbergen from point barrow alaska herewith are tho first reproductions of actual photographs of the lock- london salvation lasses bob hair doff bonnets london the bobbed hair fash- ion has wrought the first change in the headgear of the salvation army lassies here since the army was established by the late jeneral booth the familiar bonnet designed on the lines of the old coal scuttle bonnet of early victorian times is giving place to a hat of a more modish pattern nearly resembling the fashionable cloche the shears that bobbed long hair obliterated the bun that support ed the bonnet the now hats are made of the same darkblue straw but tho scar- lot ribbon which was carried across part of the old bonnets goes com pletely around the new models oahu for any fire hazard that might devolve from tho prospecting boom in theso sections gas for use of the planes operating there was carried in by dog team last winter and cached in readi ness for spring operations advance cacholng of gas is a pot policy of tho service at tho present time there are four or flvo such caches at james bay at moose post on tho albany river and at atawapiska tho remotest cache of all is to bo found 400 miles north of the cnr it was deposited there throe years ago ready for any are hazard that might arise and has not boon touched since heedvega plane bearing capt whkins and lt rielson landing in ujo snow at all flying done by tho erilee i t ii done strictly in accordance with regu- kings bay spitsbergen after their sensational flight from tont barrow down doar alaska over tho north pole no 2 shows lt eielson pilot and no 3 capt act evcry p modlcally oxam wiklns commander the two daring explorers sovered the 2000 ml03 ovr pvcry sx months after oach he broad expanso of the uppermost part of the world in 21 hours they are flight a machine is checkod over by seen at ease in their flying outfits a competent air engineer whoso duty i to classify it as airworthy or not after 125 hours of flying service an engine is taken out sont to sault sto marie there dismantled inspected re assembled and returned to tho oper ating base at tho present time tho service has 21 machines 9 of which are moths equipped with pontoons and used for detection work the othei 12 are hs2l flying boats for are suppression and photographic work in july there will be delivered to the sault base a dhg1 powered with a bristoljupiter 500 hp engine and soldiers of the air ontarios fire fighters provincial air service preserving ontarios forest wealth from fire fly distances that would be stunts for show flyers may busy month ontarios knights of the air havexooper is credited with 40 hours and capad of carrying a oneton pay no snap in so far as an easy life is 10 minutes of flying that is timo oaq to de tne appia 0 the whence the lane took off fromthe concerned loa ours aud incessant actually spent in the air entirely out- fl t u wu havo a crul8lng tktte is their t0 and s rafuellin and eatln 0n a nonstop range of from 700 to 800 vain at tne island of viti ev lu fi8ht fire dem w brws bi up n tho herons nerth- l accommodate eight met were foreed to wal or an op spreads as careless prospectors invade west comer ho flew 8 hours and 40 as a bagcage it por tune mome to nop off from the lin ot i- minutes the endurance record to dale be flown trom water on pontoonb naselai beach for brisbana where vincial domain this season when ono stops to think from 0 wlleel3 aml from lc0 hev landed saturday then they oik i tllb offlcial r9p0rt3 r6a a r six to s0v flb raban8 skis developing 132 miles per lijtaai0m- th t0 a c maucra c t 70 l 8 a soa an s m at ii ii u trl nz vjmlclzt ot fact way these report3 te y of fr83t aroa a cruising speed it is to bo used for sunday 4 pm saturday pacific coast that u tq may 2j thjs ygal uie serv flight of between 500 and goo lineal a correspondent writes that she has one of the best cooks going when the weeks best story the best story of the week is told in lord oxfords memoirs now in course of serial publication it concerns the lato lord northcllffe who wroto oxford is now somewhere in the east and is said to have tolegraph- ed king george that he was about to join tho roman catholic church the kings alleged reply was well well i cant help it time for the final lap to sydney captain charles kingsfordsmith and c t ulm announced that they plan to continue their air journey and flying than it did hi the correspond- pilot timo off for food ing period last year this achieve ment too despite the fact that due make the circuit of tho globe they to climatic conditions the service expect to get away from sydney in a few days receive great reception tanned to mahogany by their 7800- mile flight through the tropic sun and storfi from oaklond cal the austral- wp wng- ian airmen and their two american 2g dld 755 ll0 a longdistance flying to any soctlon of ontario in which an emergency may arise was two weeks later getting started this season than in 1917 1000 hours to date to date the service has done more spot and fight i ed ahr ted stull alex harvey i a health specialist sas that bis gilford swartman george phillips hair and his teeth are mans best bill lyons and aiox mclutyre all j friends but a wag says even the best graduate pilots of tho services train- 1 of friends will fall out lug school at sault ste marie aro other fliers who have turned in very up to may creditable records this year and who 50 minutes in the language ot captain maxwell hut i hours of this aggregate was done their chief arent boys who aro con- companions were tired in body but n qm t ihiir mhin ml i h young lady gazing into flre- i place do you ever see pictures in j the tire cynical art critic no but ive seen many that ought to as undaunted in spirit as when they in a single week in may when the i tent to stick to their machines and spring fire hazard was at its peak keep their hands clean but boys ithose 422 hours represent dawn-to- jwho pitch in and fight fires just as irod bodily and du3c p dayln and layout determinedly and effectively as they is it bound with red tape 5s manoeuvered their fokker through pacific squalls the fliers were effort they also come within eight go spotting for them hoisted to a platform in view of m0- qf recorl s e the provinca ar forco a 000 enthusiastic admlrera kingsford- flyng staunch believer in preparedness as smith and ulm paid tribute to their them mm another angle prospector and the mining- en- american companions vvarner anu uuliibly them by 75 which is the gineer goes farther north so farther harry lyon crulsing period of the forest patrol north goes the fire hazard this year the story of the flight of the boutn- fler an ym wja haye ailother answer t service is patrolling areas never ern cross from oakland to sydney tq tn oyer t angw i3 that pat before theso areas include australia a distance of 7800 m auring that 0 hectic week the servtho favorable lake district 140 miles was on all tongues today the flight ice qa ug jod ot flre aetection anu north ot tho kcd lake field and in consumed less than 89 flying hours fl 31650 miles above which since tho fall of last year there the great forest wealth ot ontario has been extenslvo claimstaking and take somo of the filers captain the district around fort hope on the cooper of sioux lookout for instance albany itiver the service was ready cafjada hou8e under tory fire allegations of flunkcyism and rodtapo lu tho administration of canada house tho dominion governments headquarters in trafalgar square lon don were volcod in the house of commons recently by h ii slovens con servative of vancouver tfio photograph anovc showx his majesty tho king in tho act of formally opening canada house while cscending tho steps are ho quccn and hon p c larklu canadian high commissioner termediate halts reception in brisbane brisbane australia the wildest enthusiasm marked a civic repection saturday afternoon to the four mem bers of the southern cross crew which flew trom oakland calif to this city over the pacific ocean wlien a telegram from prime minis ter bruce was read announcing tho commonwealths intention of grant ing 5000 25000 to kingsford- smith and his companions en thusiasm ran riot tho queensland governor said the aviators had successfully completed an achievement which had hecn watched with breathless interest by tho world tho viators were congratulated ns four brave men who had concluded ono of the most amazing feats in his tory the prime minister of australia tejcsraphcd congratulations on the ac complishment of the seemingly lm- posslbleand gratification at the as sociation with two citizens ot our great sister democracy beyond the pacific canada extends congratulations ottawa immediately upon rcceiv ing news ot the arrival of the south ern cross and its crew at brisbane australia col the hon 3 u ralston ministor of national defence sent tho following cable- ot congratula te them captain charles kingsfordsmith monoplane southern cross bris bane australia on behalf of the prime minister the covemmcnt of canada and tho aviation services of this dominion i beg to extend very sincere and cordial congratulations to you and your gal- at companions ulm lyon and warner on your new nd great aerial achlovomont royal mounted to protect trappers on barren lands ottawa trade and commerce are spreading to oven the barron lands between hudson bay and tho mackenzie river where a consider able trapping industry is growing up tho royal canadian mounted police therefore have decided to open a new post this year near fond du lac at tho extreme mat end of lake chlpowyar sss winner of the 500mile m6tor sweepstakes j louis meyer youthful speed driver receiving congratulations after the race at indianapolis he made tho 500 njiles on tho indianapolis speedway in 5 hours i minute 33 seconds an average of 99482 miles an hour i