ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 August 1918, Page 4

ON THE SEA.

• <& ANOTHER HUN ATROCITY. NORWEGIAN VESSEL SUNK. CREW CAST ADRIFT> Received 9 a.m. LONDON, August 22. An American vessel picked up eleven of the crew of a Norwegian steamer six hundred miles from land. They had been in an open boat for eleven days and had lived on crabs and rainwater for eight days. They had neither oars nor a sail in the boat, which capsized four times, and three were drowned and the provisions lost. It appears the submarine shelled the steamer at three miles' range, and i sank her with a bomb after the crew left. The survivors were almost ex- ■ I hausted when picked up. THE LONDON 'BUS STRIKE. LONDON, August 21. Following on the 'bus strike, conference telegrams were sent to various provincial unions requesting delegates to attend an adjourned conference at which a report will be given of the interview with Sir George Askwith. Vehicle workers -at the strike con- j ference agreed that the question be I referred to the committee on produce tion. It is hoped the services will Te- j i sume on Friday. j With the view to economising coal there will be further drastic reductions in passenger trains after October, reaching fifty per cent., in the >. case of holiday resorts. AN APPROXIMATE SETTLEMENT. LONDON, August 22. 5- The unions concerned in the Tnis and tram strike reached an approximate settlement after "nearly five hours' conference with Sir George * Askwith. They agreed on the terms of reference to the Committee of Production. The Executive Committee endorsed the terms, which were submitted to a mass meeting of strikers to-day. The terms include resumption j of work pending a conference on the claim- that equal total payment- be made to women and men for equal work. The committee's award will be m issuoi as speedily as possible.