PARCEVAL AIRSHIP.
DESTROYED BY ALLIES Amsterdam, June 10. The Telegraaf- states that an Allies' biplane flew over Brussels on Sunday night, making for the airship shod at Helmet. From all directions a heavy artillery fire was opened, but the aviator was not hit. He dropped three bombs at Ellerbek, but failed to hit the airship shod there. He then returned to Helmet-, amid renewed gunfire, and dropped three or four bombs on the airship shed. Great flames arose, and it has since been ascertained that a Parseval _ airship was destroyed. The airmen afterwards dropped bombs on a large Btago at lions oontainine horses. It is believed the "Telegraaf '• story is another version of the WilsonMills raid. _ » [The Admiralty reported on June 7 that Naval Fliphfc-Lieuts. Wilson and Mills dropped bombs on an airship shed at Evere at 2.30 that morning. It waa not known whether a Zeppelin was inside. Tho flames reached to a gTeat height, issuing from both sides. The pilots safely.] SOUTH WALES MINERS INSIST ON PRE-WAB PROGRAMME. London, June 10. Despite an increase of 17i per cent, in wages, the South Wales minors persist in their notices expiring at tho end of June and in their intention to oompel the coal owners to concedo a new agreement embodying* tho chief items of the lighly contentious pre-war programme. . Two meetings of tha Conciliation Board, at which the workers' arguments woro hoard', emphasised tho impossibility of a mutual settlement, 'llio employers expressed n willingness to postpone till the end of the war discussion of their, own griovauees, and offered meanwhile to continue tie existing Agreement. The mon's representatives declined, and the negotiations have been broken off. CENEFTAL' conference. London, Juno 10. The executive of t.he South Wales Miners' Federation has deeidod to summon a general conference. The South Wales delegaton will also ask the ooalosroars to agree to joint audit of &1a nricea from Julj_, 191&,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 5
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317PARCEVAL AIRSHIP. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 5
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