Cable Jottings
Kashmir dam burst,—The floods in the valley of the Indus caused *>y the partial bursting of the Shyok at Kashmir are now subsiding rapidly, and the danger of serious inundations is over.—A. and N.Z.-P.A. great sapphire found. —a sapphire weighing 1,000 carats has been round in a mine in Upper Burma. The stone is so enormous that its value cannot be estimated. It is said to be the Property of poor natives.—A. and N.Z.-.-.QftQ CHOLERA DEATHS. —The total deaths in Sind due to the cholera epidemic are more than 2,000. RefuReeg are still docking into Karachi. — A and N.Z.-PiA. JUTE WORK HRS’ STRIKE. —The ‘'alcutta Jute Workers’ Union accepted the employers’ terms for a settlement the strike, but the mills could not be opened today because of the workers’ failing to understand those terms. All the men are expected to be back at "ork shortly. The strike has cost the Workers £140,000 in lost wages.—A. and N.Z.-p.A
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 747, 21 August 1929, Page 9
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