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...when the starboard watch went ashore there were more mass meetings. There was no more talk of Communism; one Communist agitator that suddenly appeared was beaten up and kicked out of town. But the men meant business. In the morning the acting Commander-in-Chief Rear Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson signalled the battleship Valiant to hoist anchor and lead the line...
...officers retired in good order. As soon as it was seen that the Valiant could not sail, sailors swarmed like bees over the turrets of all the ships, waving and cheering. Rear Admiral Tomkinson promptly cancelled all shore leave, and the greatest naval mutiny in 134 years was under...
...Twenty thousand pounds were contributed by Indian Rajahs, princes, potentates to send these athletes to the U. S. and equip them with a string of 45 international mounts. They travel as a unit, not, as in former years, a group of individual star players. The manager, Col. H. A. Tomkinson, said: "This will be a team and not just four players. ... All of England is behind us and it is a united effort All the players are fit and well and quite ready to begin playing fast games as soon as the ponies are in condition." The men-Maj. Eric...