SCHNEIDER PILOT'S TRAGIC DIVE .sx INQUEST ON LIEUT .sx BRINTON ADJOURNED .sx " MACHINE PORPOISED THREE TIMES .sx " The official Service Court of Inquiry into the cause of the disaster in which Lieutenant G. L. Brinton , R.N. , the young Schneider pilot lost his life when he crashed in one of the British racing seaplanes over Southampton Water , was opened at Calshot Aerodrome yesterday .sx The proceedings , which were private , were presided over by Group-Captain J. C. Quinnell , of the School of Naval Co-operation .sx Evidence was taken from experts and the members of the British High Speed Flight , who saw the accident .sx The inquest on Lieutenant Brinton was held at Calshot Camp by Mr. Perry Ingoldby , the Southampton County Coroner , in the room where that on Flight-Lieutenant Kinkead , who was killed while making an attempt to break the world's air speed record three years ago , was held .sx Squadron-Leader Steil , Senior Medical Officer , stated that the post-mortem examination revealed that death was due to fracture of the neck .sx There were no other injuries , external or internal .sx It would seem that Lieutenant Brinton's head was carried backwards as the machine struck the water and came into contact with the combing of the machine .sx Death would be instantaneous .sx MACHINE'S " BOUNCE .sx " Flight-Lieut .sx Castaldini said that he saw the machine take off , then fall into the water , overturn , and sink .sx The machine porpoised three times , bouncing off the water to a height of 50 ft .sx , and nose-dived .sx When the accident happened , said Flight-Lieut .sx Castaldini , he dived into the sea , but was unable to get near the pilot .sx It was stated that the court of Inquiry would be completed in a few days , and the Coroner decided to adjourn the inquest until September 3rd .sx A sample of blood , it was stated , was being analysed , and a report indicating whether there was any poisoning by fumes would be submitted at the adjourned inquest .sx After the inquest the body of Lieut .sx Brinton was taken by an R.A.F. tender to Southampton , where it was entrained for Kidderminster .sx The funeral will take place at Kidderminster to-day .sx ROYAL SYMPATHY .sx The Air Ministry announces that a message of sympathy has been received from the King on the death of Lieut .sx G. L. Brinton , R.N. , Flying Officer , R.A.F. , in the flying accident at Calshot on Tuesday .sx Lord Amulree , Secretary of State for Air , who has conveyed His Majesty's sympathy to the officer's relatives , has also received a message of sympathy from General Balbo , Italian Minister for Air in the following terms :sx - " I have just heard of the tragic accident which has befallen Lieutenant Brinton , and I beg your Excellency to express to the Royal Air Force , and especially to the splendid team at Calshot , the deep sympathy of the Italian pilots .sx " Lord Amulree has sent a suitable acknowledgement .sx DRUGGED ACTRESS .sx MYSTERY OF LOCKED DOORS AND WINDOWS .sx PARIS , August 29 .sx The police have as yet discovered no explanation of the mysterious attack which was made yesterday on Miss Wilette Kershaw , the actress , who was found chloroformed in her ransacked flat .sx The most baffling feature of the affair is the fact that the intruder , who stole 12,000 francs , but did not touch a valuable wristlet watch which was lying on the dressing-table , managed to get away leaving the doors and windows locked behind him .sx It was stated this morning that Miss Kershaw had quite recovered from the effects of the chloroform , and that she would appear this afternoon at a matinee of the " The Well of Loneliness , " adapted from the novel by Miss Radclyffe Hall , in which she is at present playing .sx Her opinion is that the attack was the work of a personal enemy .sx - Reuter .sx SOUTH COAST SWEPT BY GALES .sx KING'S YACHT DRAGS HER ANCHOR .sx TOWED TO SAFETY BY TUG .sx The south coast was swept by fierce gales yesterday and Channel boats had very bad crossings .sx Heavy seas were running in the Channel and they broke over the eastern arm of Dover Harbour and also over the sea front .sx Towards midnight , however , the wind abated considerably .sx The gale was so strong at Brighton that two pedestrians and a cyclist were blown right across the front into a passing motor coach .sx One of the pedestrians , Arthur Sidney Powell , of Sunnyside , Stanstead , Essex , received a fractured skull and is in hospital in a serious condition .sx His daughter Doris , aged 14 , was also taken to hospital with an injured shoulder .sx The cyclist was uninjured .sx Charles Attwood , of Ecclesbourne Road , Thornton Heath , was also knocked down by the force of the wind in assisting a young woman .sx He received a fractured hip and a leg injury .sx No bathing was permitted at Bournemouth yesterday and all steamboat trips were cancelled .sx Heavy seas flooded long stretches of the promenade and the undercliff drive , making them impassable .sx The storm was accompanied by almost unceasing heavy rain , but thousands of visitors went to the seafront to watch the breakers .sx Little damage was done except for the loss of a few tents .sx Swanage regatta , fixed for yesterday , was postponed owing to the stormy weather .sx THE KING'S YACHT .sx The King's yacht Britannia dragged her anchor in Portland Harbour during the fierce south-westerly gale yesterday , and was driven before the gale on to the breakwater , when a dockyard tug got a rope aboard her and towed her to safer anchorage .sx The highest seas for twelve months were seen at Portland yesterday , and many yachts were held up in harbour .sx The gale caused the abandonment of the annual regatta for the International and Solent classes of the Solent Yacht Club , at Yarmouth , Isle of Wight .sx Only one yacht out of 90 entrants in various races ventured out of harbour .sx A strong westerly gale was sweeping up Channel last night , and at south-east holiday towns the wind was howling like mid-winter .sx The gale had driven shipping to shelter , and at 9 o'clock the wind was increasing in velocity .sx Seas were very high at Folkestone and Dover , and waves broke right over the harbours .sx Channel boats had very bad crossings .sx KNIGHT'S WIDOW INJURED .sx While seeing friends off at Southampton Docks yesterday Lady Bennet , widow of Sir Thomas Jewell Bennet , whose home is at Harwarten House , Speldhurst , Kent , was injured .sx Lady Bennet was waving farewell to her sister , Mrs. Farrington , and her niece , who sailed on the Empress of Australia .sx The wind blew two other people off their feet and on to Lady Bennet , who was thrown against a railway truck and had to go to hospital to have a cut on the forehead treated .sx Five tugs were at work nearly an hour to move the liner a distance of not much more than her own length and turn her in face of the gale .sx CARDIFF TRIPPERS STRANDED .sx Trippers who crossed the Bristol Channel on the Cardiff pleasure steamers on Wednesday night had an exciting voyage in the gale , and some did not arrive home until yesterday morning .sx With high seas raging over the landing stage the steamer was unable to call at Clevedon , and several Welsh holiday trippers had to spend the night in the town .sx Others chartered a motor coach to Bristol and caught a train , which arrived at Cardiff early yesterday morning .sx THE KING AND QUEEN GO NORTH .sx SANDRINGHAM TO BALMORAL .sx The King and Queen and Prince George left Sandringham at 6 p.m. yesterday for Balmoral .sx Motoring to Wolferton L.N.E.R. Station , they began at 6.10 the 545 miles journey to Ballater , the station for Balmoral .sx After three minutes' stop at King's Lynn the Royal train left at 6.24 for the East Coast route via Peterborough .sx The Royal train arrived at Peterborough North Station at 7.29 and stayed for six minutes while engines were changed .sx During the short stay both the King and Queen came to the door of their saloon and chatted to the stationmaster .sx As the train left their Majesties were cheered by the crowd who lined the departure platform .sx THE PRINCE'S HOLIDAY .sx BAYONNE , August 20 .sx The Prince of Wales , who is staying near Bayonne with Viscount Ednam enjoying a short rest from his strenuous official duties , to-day attends the international meeting of outboard motor boats on the River Adour .sx The principal event is a 40 mile race for the Jacques Feydeau cup .sx The Prince's new speedboat which he tried out recently on Virginia Water arrived to-day at the boat club at Mousserolles , near Bayonne .sx - Reuter .sx SHIPBUILDING WAGES .sx WORKERS OBJECT TO NEW PROPOSALS .sx TO OPERATE IN OCTOBER .sx The adjourned conference between the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and representatives of the shipyard trade unions , upon which depended the last hope of an amicable agreement being reached in the shipbuilding industry , took place at Carlisle yesterday .sx The conference was held in accordance with the procedure in the industry by which , when the parties fail to agree on a general wages question , a further conference is held before negotiations are broken off .sx It followed the conference on July 23 rd , at which the union representatives , after considering the employers' proposals , refused to negotiate any wage reductions , and the employers intimated that their own proposals would be put into operation from the beginning of September .sx Two small negotiating sub-committees were appointed yesterday to see whether any settlement could be reached .sx During the whole day these sub-committees were meeting and reporting back from time to time to their respective full bodies .sx At 5 o'clock it was stated officially that the parties were not then in a position to make any joint official statement .sx The deliberations were continued .sx The conference sat until last evening , when it was officially stated that both sub-committees had reported to their respective bodies , and that on the re-assembly of the full conference the workmen's representatives stated that they were unable to accept the employers' proposals as amended .sx In these circumstances , the employers intimated that the proposed wages scheme would be put into operation in federated shipyards and repairing establishments .sx During yesterday's negotiations the employers amended the date of operation of their proposals .sx In place of the whole of the proposals taking effect from September 1 st , they agreed to bring them in operation in two instalments , the first to operate from the beginning of the first full pay day in October , and the second as from the beginning of the first full pay day in January next .sx EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSALS .sx Following the breakdown of the negotiations at Carlisle , the following explanation of the effect of the proposals which the shipbuilding employers intimated they intend to put into operation was handed to a reporter :sx - " In the case of plain-time workers , no alteration will in general be made in any of the large shipbuilding districts , because practically all the work people in these districts , both on new and repair work , are already in receipt of the national uniform time rates .sx In one or two cases in the new shipbuilding districts , and more generally in certain ship repairing districts where plain-time workers are receiving wages in excess of the agreed national uniform rates , the excesses over the national time rates up to the maximum total reduction of 2s .sx 6d .sx a week will be removed in two instalments .sx The excesses which at present exist range from 6d .sx to 10s .sx per week , but the maximum reduction involved in any case will be 1s .sx 3d .sx from the beginning of October , and any balance of excesses up to the 2s .sx 6d .sx limit will be withdrawn from the beginning of January , 1932 .sx For men on piece work and other than plain-time rates the employers' proposals involve the withdrawal of a time work bonus of 7s .sx per week , but they agreed during yesterday's negotiations that the withdrawal should be made in two equal instalments of 3s .sx 6d .sx per week in October and January .sx NO INTENTION TO CLOSE ESTABLISHMENTS .sx In reply to inquiries a reporter was informed on behalf of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation that there was no intention to close shipbuilding and ship repairing establishments for the purpose of enforcing acceptance of the Federation's wages proposals .sx The establishments will be open as usual for work at the modified rates from the beginning of October .sx It was not found possible to obtain any statement from the trade union side before they left the district last night as to whether their members would continue to work in October on the revised conditions in those cases where the employers' proposals involved reductions .sx 6 .sx