Round the World

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 72, 27 April 1929, Page 2

Round the World

VARJOUS HAPPENINGS GABLE ITEMS OF GENERAL INTERESTa By Telegrapb -Presa Assoctatiou— Oopyrlght U.S. Cruiser Launched. At the Brooklyn navy yard the 10,000-ton cruiser Pensacola, costing 11,000,000 dollars, was successfully launched before naval and otker dignitaries. The vessel is 585 feet over all. Destructive Tornadoes. News from Atlanta (Georgia) states tliat tornadoes in South Georgia and South Carolina caused the death 0^ 39 persong and injurj7 to 200 or more, and propertv damage amounting to thousands of dollars. Thrilling Jungle Fight. The dense Burma jungle near Bogale was the scene of a' thrilling fight between Dacoitg and a party of armed police, which was sent to avenge the murder of a police inspector a month ago. The Dacoits surrendered after hvo were killed. One policeman was killed and a district superintendent wounded. Poisoned Grapes. Allan Mr-Crea, nged eleren, of Rosehill, New South Wales, died after eating grapes. His sister Edith, aged twenty, and a younger hrother, aged eight, also nte grapes and hecame ill and were taken to hospital in a serious condition. A post mortem examination has been ordered. It is helieved tliey were. poisoned. Defiant Strikers. Thirty-eight Australian timber workers ordered by Judge Lukin on Wednesdav to refurn to work bv yesterday defied the order. It is understood that if the men go to gaol their'denendents will he provided for. The ilelboume master builders have sent an ultimatum to timber men and carpenters that if building johs are not manned hefore 5 p.m. on Mondav all works will he closed down, by which 5000 now working will be rendered idle.