Smokesless Battleship Aims for New 18.5 Inch Gun
The Admiralty plans a new smoke free battleship with an 18.5 inch gun under trial. The vessel may lack funnels due to liquid fuel and is compared in size to the largest ships of today. Displacement and cost trends show a steady rise since 1885, with the Dreadnought era pushing limits in length and beam.
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London “Telegraph
St Vincent
St. Vincent
Aea
Telegraph
Admiralty
Itas
John Durston
Funnela
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Boards of Admiralty
Nile
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Agamemnon
William White
Admiral Clase
Edward VII
Lo Clase
Lord Melson
Anson
North Sea
Russia
Japan
United States
Germany
France
Board of Admiralty
Labour invites German workers to aid defeat of war propaganda
London reports July 29 that the Labour party executive calls on German workmen to help counter hostile suspicions and propaganda and to foster lasting good relations between Britain and Germany during the war period.
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London
Labour Party
Century Messages From New Zealand to Canada
Cablegrams between New Zealand and Canada celebrate Quebec’s tercentenary and Canada’s 300th birthday. Messages praise Canada’s history and unity, with thanks for gifts to preserve the Heights of Abraham.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Canada
Pacific
New “Zealand
Samuel
de Champlain
Quebec
Joseph George Ward
Lord Plunket
Lord Ranfurly
Prince of Wales
Grey
Joseph Ward
Laurier
Abraham
Longest speech on record blocks currency bill passage
Senate floor marathon by Robert La Follette lasts 183 hours 44 minutes from May 29 to May 30 1921. He ends with swollen feet and exhausted stamina as the Currency Bill finally passes despite the filibuster.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Age
San Francisco
American Congress
la Hollette
Senate
Ja Follette
Senator Stone
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Treasury
Congestion in Ireland Report Proposes Land Reform Board
Final report of the Royal Commission on Congestion in Ireland urges retention and expanded powers for the Congested Districts Board to relieve congestion in Connaught, Donegal, Kerry, Clare and Cork. It calls for exclusive land purchase control, compulsory acquisitions, and a billion pound estate resettlement plan with state costs under £300,000 for initial operations. It emphasizes sea fishing development and creation of new fishing villages as key uplift.
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Royal Commission
Ireland
Lhea
Connaught
Donegal
Kerry
Clare
Girai
Bantry
Castletown
Schull
Skibbereen
Cork
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