AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1927, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

DISASTROUS Flßl'

OTTAWA. A lay 10,

A fire wiped out the business section of Castries British coaling station, the chief town of St. I-ucia Island, the largest of Windward Group. AVest Indies. Hundreds of natives are homeless.

FILIPINO NEGRO REVOLT. At A NILA, May 10. Fifty-eight negro rebels have been a rested and charged with sedition.

U.S.A. INDUSTRY. NEW YORK, May 15. The Australian Industrial Mission’s inquires in New A’ork have ended with a conference with the National Industries Conference Board, which the employer members of the mission regard as of the greatest importance, although onlv one of the employee members of

the Mission was present. Those present were shown charts regarding hours which refuted statements before the Arbitration Court that the tendency in America was to reduce hours to 44 weekly. These charts show the great majority of industries in America nie adopting weekly hours of between 48 and 54. In 1914 the average hours were 54.8 and in 1927 they were 19.1. o„|v the building and certain of the clothing trades have adopted the 41 hour week. Statistics from the trades unions showed the strength of organisations in the years from 1920 to 1920 were:—Aletals and machinery. 1920 859,000. and in 1920 2,9.000: transportation 1.250.C00, and 1.121.()00; building trades 808,000. and 1.124,090. The production of the wage earners increased from 11, .33 in 1914 to 104 in 1925. .

The Arissian has arranged to visit numerous industries at AAcrcestci. afterwards going to Boston. All the members have now decided to return by Hie Makura, leaving on July 13th, with the exception of Mr Graymller. who leaves a fortnight earlier.

flood report. new YORK, Afay 15

News from New Orleans states that practically the entire fifty miles of the Levee near Bayou des Glaizes is now threatened with breaks. The breaks are varying in width from fifty feet to half a mile.

There are five hundred persons maroned along one twelve-mile stretch. In view of the instability of the Levee sit this point, their position is regarded as extremely perilous. ’Die entire town of Afansura, in the northern part of the Sugar Bowl territory. is cut off. and relief trains are being rushed there. There are break's west of the town of Old River, which arc allowing millions of cubic feet of water per second to inundate tlie Sugar Bowl lands. Doctor Cline, the meteorologist, has announced that the rise would diminish within a few days, in spite of the fact that the river has risen fourtenths of a foot in the last 24 hours at Baton Rouge.

BEAM WIRELESS. OTTAWA, May 16,

The company management announces Ca nndi ail - A ustral i ail beam wireless service will start within eight weeks.