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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1929.
CYCLONE DAMAGE MEDICAL OFFICER OF PREMIER DEPARTS
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AT
NASSAUL
BUILDINGS WRECKED
Miami, Florida, Yesterday: Many deaths and enormous dam- age to property were caused by the cyclone which-swept over Nassau, in the Bahamas on Friday. Twenty buildings were wrecked in the cen- tre of the business section of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Reuter's American Service. '
A hurricane at Nassauds report- ed to have resulted in 20 deaths and severe damage. The sea, driven by a 70-mile an hour gale, breached the sea wall in several places and flooded the town, wrecking practically all the mall vessels in the harbour. The storm tore the steamer "Princess Montague" from her moorings and drove her on to the rocks. Ten passengers and a crew of 23 were abbard.
Many houses were umpofed, and the Governor's residence and churches were badly damaged, whilst crops were destroyed Light- ning put the telephones out of action. [The hurricane apparently spent its force in the Gulf Mexico and the Florida
mainland escaped a major blow, but the extreme south east coast was wrecked by the gale
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RUSSIANS IN CHINA
REPRISALS FOR PROTECTION OF LIVES
SOVIET THREAT
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Moscow Yesterday, The Foreign Commissriat has handed the German Embassy na Note
HEALTH
LEAVING SERVICE
QUESTIONS FOR MEETING OF
THE SANITARY BOARD
DR. W. V. M. KOCH'S CONCERN
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MACDONALD INTERVIEWED ON LEAVING FOR U.S.
KING'S MESSAGE
London, Saturda
Mr. MacDonald, before hia. dej parture sent a message to the Labour Party Conference. which opens at Brighton on Monday, that any Anglo-
At the fortnightly meeting of the emphasising Sanitary Board to-morrow after American agicement that would noon, Dr. V. M. Koch; pursuant be achieved would only be a pre to notice will ask
liminary to a larger agreement.
1. Will the Head of the Sanitary which must reach in a confer Department inform the Board, whefence with other naval Powers, and ther it is correct that the Medical || later, in the Preparatory Commis Officer of Health Dr. Fawcett is
time?
leaving the service within a short on at Geneva.
Mr. MacDonald sailed for Ameridi
(1) If this baso may the Board be informed of the regions either
Popular Figure
en by the "Berengaria”
on the part of the Government Southampton this morning. or of the Medical Officer of Health?
delayed the start for two
from
Bog
koyra.
The ship was crowded with 2,500
(b) Does the Government not con
sider it desirable and ever neces passengers, including many distin sary that efforts should be made guished people, aleb American mil
TREBENTS
Beauty and Comedy hold a Contest in
HOMESICK
with the greatest comedy team of the screen in a roaring farce of thrills, hilarious situations
and inducements held out to re-lionaires, big business men, film AT THE tain the services of an offior stars, athletes, and others, who were
of such proved capacity and all eager to travel with the Prime seal1
If the answer is that the Medical? Officer of Health 1 leaving and the Government do not see their way to induce him to stay, I give notice of the following resolution
Minister
International Goodwill
London, Yesterday. The
Prime Minister, in the course of a message to the National This Board being informed that Execut of the Labour Party the services of the Medical Officer of which will be read at the opening Health Dr. Faweet, will shortly ter region of the annual conference to Tainate would respectfully represent morrow, refers to me mission.co to the Governinent the necessity of america and describes it as the retaining the services of an officer
of such, proved capacity kad prac-: tical experience.
regarding the shooting on Septer Temperature, 10° ber 23, of three Soviet railwayman
at Tsitsikar, with a request to Germany to energetically protest to Nanking and Mulden.
The Note declares that the Soviet will not hesitate to take reprisals for the protection of Ives of Rus- sians in China-Reuter.
HAWAII ERUPTION
COLUMNS OF LAVA FOLLOW EARTHQUAKE
MAIN STREET RIPPED
Hawaii, Yesburday.
to thy rocked An earcajake Hilo, and ripped the main street apart in two places. The Kona district, sixty miles from Hilo, has been almost continuously shakon since September 28,
The Doservatory reports fifty shocks in the last twenty-four hours.
wo columns of lava
are forcing thefr way to the surface, and will probably appear from the craters at Hualalai, and Mauna Loa-Reuter's. American Service.
CALENDAR REFORM
NEW PROJECT OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
SIX WEEKS' MONTH
Moscow, Saturday. The Academy of Science hae ap- proved the Soviet project to re- form the calendar by providing a five day week in accordance with. industrial reform. The number of months inne year
remain
unchanged batt each Buth will. breakaded into sixe
clay Temperature, *yesterday Humidity, 10 am
Hoidity, 4 Pelley
terday
89.
AIR RECORD
IGHT PLANG ON LONG
DISTANCE-FLIGHT
GALE FORCES LANDING
-Madrid, Saturday, gale has forced Van Canden- bergh to land here.-Renter
nation of negotiations
ges of
views begun when the Labour Party first ch
une, and had "nesiduo
Bunge.
pursued
**I do not want there to bas understanding to the What we are Ajempti agreement we cileve ap and is only intended to be the; minary to a large agreem must be reached in confe other naval Powent and in a
preparatory commissio ting at Geneva. We are satisfied to present any other nation ΟΙ nations with a fait accompli, which they must take leave What we are determined to avoid that the general march forward towards disarmament may be held up in the future as it has been in the past, while the two great naval Powe burselves and America, hallo
the wayside to arbid, aboj special difficities: think wez now say, that the end of ment necessary to prevent an Cannenbergh in aight well within reach, and 1 pine started from Paris at 15 President Hoover in the onday morning To Dakar:]
Soviet Flane
Seward Baba Saturday.
Expectation that a degree
ly understanding vachley- many weeks of distant tor
The Soviet Hergy lane "Land of dence all be strengthened –
lets">hur arrived here –
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rendered closer by a GAYRE personal contact, I eu, cel, quite For Sem-Irrespective of the partichlar points Sthat flying a we have been discessing, that the wek off in at establishment fo such a contact is the world's record for fummensely to be desired, and! The fight for light are nothing could be of more value to plence the
cod being via Madrid, international goodwill than the Agadir end Vil Cisnerous; but he mutual confidence between Glove - had to rebuig fing to a petrol leak.]
ment of the United States and of Great Britain British Wireless Service
INDIAN BILL
CHILD MARRIAGE LAW PASSED BY STATE COUNCIL
ZLEEVE PENALTIES
imla, Yesterday.
tate has passed larigase Bill unalte
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HOPED FOR FALLURE
Washington,
All the American naval exper who attended the fryers confer- ence in 1927 will be summoned be. fore the Senate Committee enquir, ing_into__ _Mr. William Shearer's activities as the resplk of the sensational evidence of a journalist, Drew Pearson, who al- leged that the experts were con- stantly with Shearer and openly haped for failure of the conference.
Reuter's American Service.
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