Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


Le Funi - June 28, 1925

Small and Big Facts of the Week

- Explorer Amundsen and his companions return home after landing by plane 250 kilometers from the North Pole.
- Paris buses go on a slow-moving strike.
- France's first seamstress, Miss Marcelle Guillon, will be married on July 4th.
- After more than two months of crisis, the Belgian ministry is formed by Mr. Poullet.
- At Luna Park, Géo Buchard becomes the epee champion.
- A military seaplane sinks into a pond in the Gironde.
- The Théâtre Wallon performs at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs.
- Ten miners are killed in a firedamp explosion near Sofia.
- In Glasgow, a tree falls on a bus returning from a tour, injuring the passengers.
- Many residents of Risevaltes are poisoned by ice cream. 
- Herriot inaugurates the Lyon Art Exhibition.
- A major naval review will take place in Cherbourg in July.
- In Louvroil-sous-Boiers, in the North, an Algerian is arrested for selling a young girl to one of his compatriots.
- The funeral home staff in Oran is on strike.
- At Courbessac station, near Nimes, eight cars of alcohol and wine are destroyed by fire.
- Lightning derails a train in the United States.
- Near Senlis, a woman in her seventies is attacked and robbed.
- The Tour de France cycling race has begun.
- Misses Lucie Brille and Marcelle Servière enter the Comédie-Française.
- The next motor show will be held in October in Lille. - In Tournai, a monument is erected in memory of the Vendéens who died defending the city in 1914.
- Mr. Noguès is elected senator for the Hautes-Pyrénées.
- On Avenue Victor Hugo, three young foreigners rob a hat shop.

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