London, Jan, 1 It is strongly rumoured that Sir Samuel Hoare will succeed Viscount Monsell of Evesham as First Lord of the Admiralty following the t rmination of the London Naval Conference. seactat 703i We, MORALD
London, Jan, 16.
A verdict of "accidental death" wi relumed by the jury at the resumed inquest to-day on the victims of the aeroplane crash in Kent on December 410 last year, in which eleven persons were killed.
Sir Samuel's secretary to-day declined to confirm the rumours, but acknowledged that the name of the former Foreign Secretary had been mentioned for the post. He added, however, that there had been no official "communication with Sir Samuel who is still in Switzerland, The jury attached no blame what. ever to the pilot, "whose error of Judgment was due to abnormal weather conditions."
All the alr-liner's oecupants—four members of the crew and seven passe engers—were killed. The victims me fuded Sir John Carden, designer of the Carden aeroengine—Reuter,
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