A Sudden Rise.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 81, 5 December 1913, Page 5

A Sudden Rise.

FLOODS !N COLORADO.

THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.]

New York, December 1. There arc great Hoods at Dallas, in

Texas, due to a sudden rise of the Colorado river. Seven people have been drowned. The farmers have suffered enormous damage to their crops. A | hundred people wore marooned in a | village at Grand Prairie when the j floods cut off their communications. I The Dellas floods are spreading. Eif- ' teen thousand people are homeless vi.hin an area of two hundred miles ■by one hundred.

Scores of people took refuge in trees on logs, and on floating houses. The

railroad companies have been forced to suspend whole sections of their lines.

The town of Vaco is under water. Troops were ordered out to prevent looting. The town of Hetty is flooded and the inhabitants, fearing further inundations, are fleeing.

Comparatively little suffering has been experienced as yet. The charitable organisations are surrounding the cities and caring for the homeless.

The Magistrate said that he was no! prepared to convict. The case was not the same as Young’s, and he was not satisfied as to whether Holland’s words were a direct incitement or only a repetition of a previous statement. The information on these points were dismissed, but the charge of sedition has yet to he heard. SEMPLE APPEALS. ' Wellington, December 3. Semple was dealt with in the same way as Barker, but in this case notice of appeal was lodged.

THE PAY OF THE SPECIALS. COMPLAINTS BY THE MEN. Wellington, December 3. Many specials paid yesterday are complaining of the amounts. They state that they were distinctly told they would receive 10s for foot and 18s for mounted work. They actually received 8s for foot work and the mounteds proportionately less. Apparently the deduction is for meals. Mr Cooper, secretary of the Employers’ Association, says if the men were promised 10s and 18s by a responsible person of the defence -committee he will see they get it; ■ ,n“ 1 - THE PORT OF FOXTON. Foxtou, ’ December 5. Six members of the local waterside fworks union, including the president, have accepted permanent employment with Levin and Co. tb be employed on the wharf and sheds. This will remove any obstacle in the way of keeping-the port open, and no further trouble is anticipated. Two waterside workers are to be proceeded against; by the police for calling out offensive names. JOTTINGS. The wharf labourers’ boycott of New Zealand goods has become so serous in Melbourne that'the Huddart-Pack-er Shipping .Company has abandoned its usual “Christmas pudding trip.’ Five thousand tons of pudding fruits are untouched on the wharves, lliere have been no boats tor Now Zealand since November 5. Consignments xel" New Zealand are stacked on the wharves.