BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

4UBTHAMAN AND N.Z. CAM,® ASSOCIATION FIRE ON LINER. LONDON, April 15. A fire broke out on the liner Mount Laurier, which was being repaired in dry dock at Birkenhead. The forepart of the vessel was destroyed. Forty five brigades, divided into 30 sections, were occupied all the morning before the lire was put out. The forward plates became white hot. Ihe firemen had the greatest dillioultv in getting near. Two were overcome by the fumes, although they wore masks. A number of firemen (limbed to the top deck, and formed a human ladder in order to fasten up a scaffolding to hold the hose. The damage totals sixty thousand. KINO RESTORED TO 11 FA LI H. LONDON, April 1.5.‘ Lord Stnmfordham, in acknowledging a British Chamber of Commerce letter of good wishes at the King’s recovery says: His Majesty is now enjoying *EORTY YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT. HONOLULU, April 10.

Private Paul Crouch of the Iwentvfirst Infantry has been sentenced to 40 years’ penal servitude lor inciting native Hawaiians to rebel.

R. 33 BREAKS AWAY.

LOCATED OX DUTCH COAST. t (Deceived this day at 1-.30 p.m) 1 4 LONDON, April 10. < K 33 mentioned on April 2nd broke i from its mooring mast at Fulham at ' ten in the morning during a Kale, with twenty men aboard and two days supY plv of petrol. She was seen near Loweseroft and seemed to be attempting to combat the wind. Her nose was damaged or missing. R. 33 passed over Lowescroft and followed a fierce southern- wester!v gale. The propellers were working and the mooring ropes hanging down and lashing ahout K|,c proceeded north-east ugh out to sea and was soon lost sight of i,', the distance. A motor lifeboat and gunboat followed immediately. The Air Ministry announces It. 33 is wirelessly communicating with U'dharn, and lias been instructed to attempt to proceed as far as possible on a northerly course in order to he able to return to Fulham or Cardiugton with the wind, which by evening probably will have veered mirthwarcK The coxswain of the motor lifeboat which followed R. 33 returned to Lowescroft. He said he first noticed The airship when she dropped a white lvh which is a signal of distress. He unniediatclv mustered the crew and Proceeded to sea. The airship was tc. thousand feet up, broadside to the wind and driving eastwards There were frequent rain squalls nnd v.sib. - ity was bad. The wind was sixty mile < an hour and the sea very rough ' - seventeen miles out a gunbo.it oiei took the lifeboat which returned. h airship was then apparently on a level rrnimi before the wind. Ihe eo. «i «* were contemplating landing on Dutch toaSt A^[STßT?o .oi, April 10. The wireless station at Rotterdam wirelessly located R. 33 in the vicinity of the Island of Terschelling.