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THE TORRENTIAL THE BRITISH TRADE UNION
MISSISSIPPI.
1,000 FEET OF EMBANKMENT BLOWN UP.
THE RAGING FLOOD -DIVERTED.
[RACTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.}
NEW ORLEANS, April 9th. The Mississippi loves was success- fully dynamited this afternoon at Poydras Afteen miles below New Orleans, with's view to saving the city from the floods.
Shortly before dawn armed soldiers were patrolling the levee, and National Guards were spread out in fan formation to issue a final warning to the recalcitrant inhabitants to abandon their homes. Three hours before noon all reads were cleared and the ATCA was closed, only military passes admitting anybody within the cordon of troops.
BILL.
THE LABOUR PARTY'S' OPPOSITION.
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(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
LONDON, April 9th.
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The Labour Party's campaign against the Trade Union Bill open- ed today,, when 600 delegate re- presenting nearly four million Trade Uminists met in conference in 'Landon,
By a coincidence it was the an aiversary of a similar conference which last year decided on the general strike...__.
Discussion began on a resolution which declared that the enforce ment of the provisions of the Bill "must inevitably lead to wide- spredd and concentrated resistance or the part of the orenised millions of trade unionista, and pledged the conference to continue the campaign against the bill with the utmost vigour,
Mr. George Hicks, Chairman of the General Council of the Trade The Challenging Floods. The floods are challenging levee Union Congress, who "presided, trade union movement was siter levee. The worst break yes hate the debate. He declared terday was ab Yazoo City, where
'We de- the greatest danger. inundated, sire to act in an open and con- -1,500,000
while backwater of the Arkansas stitutional manner. But we shall River submerged Seydell and Monarht to the bitter end and defeat
trose.
Were acres
A New York message states that the fur trade fears a serious cur- tailment of the supply of muskrats, as two of the richest muskrat pro- ducing districts in Louisania will be inundated and many muskrats drowned, and it will take years to make up the number.
:
Walets Released.
LATZI
The explosion at the levce at Poydras was planned for the morn
in
this mean and vindictive Bill."
It WAL then announced that notice had been given of an amend- ment recommending that if the Bill were persisted in a general strike should be called.
A motion by the Chairman, that this amendment should be discuss ed, was rejected. by an overwhelm ing majority. The original resolu tian was subsequently adopted:
SEA LORD.
ADMIRAL
ing, but it was not until nearly THE NEW BRITISH FIRST
the afternoon that the four in engineers completed the task of boring through the embankment and arranging the dynamite and fuses. Altogether 144 holes were made, each containing five pounds of dynamite. All the charges were simultaneously ignited by electri- city.
A strip of the levee 1,000 feet long was blasted away. Great pieces of mud and rubble were thrown high into the air, and columns of spray rose from the river. The noise was tremendous As the smoke cleared, the flood waters could be seen pour ing over the broken levee into the surrounding country, converting prosperous farm-land into a sea of brown, swirling waters
Spectators Disappointed.
NEW ORLEANS, April 30th. The expectations of onlookers of secing a Niagara-like rush of water through an enormous break were disappointed as at first only three smali fissures appeared through which the water trickled. The en- gineers completed the task by ex pluding two more charges of dynamite in two channels where the first explosion was least effective.
Dabzet Sees Flood Film.
WASHINGTON, April 30th. President Coolidge and the Cabinet put aside affairs of state for a few miutes yesterday and booked it a film of the Mississippi floods thrown on the wall of the
Cabinet room.
MADDEN SUCCEEDS ADMIRAL
BEATTY.
(THROUGH. BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 9th
Admiral Sir Charles Madden succeeds Admira! Earl Beatty, as First Sea Lord, on July 30th.
Admiral Beatty announced his intention to retire some time ago. His successor. Sir Charles Madden, Bart, has had a very distinguished naval career, and during the Inte war served at the Battle of Jutland, being mentioned in despatches. He has a number of decorations, which inclade the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 1st Class and 1st Cinsa Striped Tiger, of China. He was created a Barenet in 1019, and Admiral of the Fleet in 1924]
[Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, O.M., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., who distinguished himself! greatly in the war, receiving for his services an earldom and a grant of £100,000, has been frat Sea Lord since 1919. Son of Captain D. L. Beatty, of Borodal Co, Wexford, he entered the Navy in 1884, becom ing a Commander in 1998, Rear Admiral in 1010, Vice Admiral in 1915, Admiral in 1919 and Admiral of the Flect the same year. Ad- miral Beatty served in the Soudan 1693, 1897, 1898 (D.8.0. despatches, nedal 4th class Medjidie, and pre- moted Commander); served in The swollen Arkansas River has China, 1900 (despatches, medal, broken is embankment, virtually clasp, and promoted Captain) and completing the flooding of theserved in the European war 1014- south-east portion of the State. 1915 (despatches and K.C.B.); for Force aeroplanes dropped the Battle of Jutland Bank, 1918 warnings, enabling the evacuation (despatches and K.C.V.O.); com- of those towns lying in the path of manded the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron from 1919-1918 (G.C.B.); the current.
and Grand Fleet 1918-1919. Lady Beatty is the only daughter of the late Mr. Marshall Field of Chicago.]
Air
Work For The Refugees.
MEMPHIS, April 30th.
Army men had been working for days to strengthen the embank ment and the break came without warning half a mile below where the work was proceeding.
The Red Cross Society estimates that 140,000 people are concentrat- ed in its 56 refuge camps The numbers in isolated camps or marooned embankments are likely to make the total of homeless 200,000.
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U.S. AEROPLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. FOUR AVIATONS KILLED,, :'
[NEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
NORFOLK, Virginia,
April 30th...
THE ROYAL TOUR. IN AUSTRALIA.
STRIKING TRIBUTE TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
LONDON, April 29th.
"The Duke and Duchess of York' left Melbourne to-day for Adelaide, amid scenes of intense enthusiasm.
The Premier of Victoria, Mr. Allan, has issued the following striking message:- The Duke and Duchess carry with thern the Four naval aviators we lieu affection and goodwill of the people tenants and two mechanics-wore of Victoria. All the latent chivalry killed when an aeroplane in which of Victoria has been awakened, by they were returning during the the Duchess and she has won the womanly thunderstorm to Hampton Roads hearts of all by her Naval Station struck by light charm. She is & story-book princess ning and plunged into the sea up came to life. From her. Scot- side down.
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M. CLAUDEL'S VIEWS. him mare as we became better ac LONDON, April 20th. quainted with the man behind the
CTHROCOH EXUTER'S AGENCY.] Sir Alexander Ransford Blater, Prince. He is earnest and recep- Governor and Commander-in-Chief viva and, seemingly, likes to get his He is
HAVRE, April 30th,
NEW YORK, April 30th. of Sierra Leone, has been appoint information: first hand.
M. Claudel, the French Ambas
One of the greatest arrays of ed Governor of the Gold Coast, in greatly interested in the masses and Bucoession to Brigadier-General Bir the work on the land. He has also sador to America, who is on his Frederick Guggisberg, whose term proved that he has a sense of way to the United States, made a United States warships "e7er ne of olles is about to expire.
humour and a young beart. The statement in the course of which rembled in any port is now har Brigadier General Sir Joseph information which the Duke and he declared that he thought the bouring here, no fewer than 29 Aloysins Byrne, Governor and Duchess have gathered regarding possibilities of a misunderstanding warships of all classes having Commander-in-Chief of the Bey- Australia will endure and they will between Japan and the United arrived yesterday. They will re- chelles, has been appointed Gover exert a powerful influence and do States were being steadily reduced. main till May 15th when they will [M. Claudel was for some years proceed to Narragansett Bay for nor and Commander-in-Chief of anything they can to the benefit of
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