MOTHER COUNTRY

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY

A MYSTERY CAR. iPART OF ZEPPiiUN EQUIPMENT. SHOT DOWN IN EAST 4NGLIA. FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS. Beceived Sept. 7, 5.10 p.m. London, Sept. G. The Admiralty examined the remains or the mystery ear shot down in East -Anglia. ]t is believed a wire lowered the observer within three hundred yards of the ground while the Zeppelin continued hidden in the clouds. The ear was made of aluminium, and measured 7ft. by oft., and included curtained windows, telephone, torches, and the latest seientilic instruments for observing positions and distances. A thousand feet of aluminium wire was found. The observer entered by a sliding door, and lay on a mattress throughout his observations. The present gondola is quite different from cars attached to the earlier Zeppelins, wherein the observer in a basket looked overt the side. A great crowd attended the funeral of the Zeppelin crew. Many .police were present, fearing disturbances in view of protests against military honors. The funeral was of the utmost simplicity, there being a short service. The Last Post was sounded, but there was no firing party 1 . The crowd stood silent and unmoved. ANOTHER DAMAGED ATRSHJP Received Sept. 7, 5.20 p.m. The Hague, Sept. fi. A Zeppelin returning from England was so heavily damaged that it landed near Mons. Several of the crew received shrapnel wounds. German troops dismantled the airship, which wa3 sent to Germany.

TRADE UNION CONGRESS. *' PROTEST AND A DEMAND ■ Received Sept. 7, 5.20 p.mLondon, Sept. <5. The Trade Union Congress passed a resolution protesting against the attempts to capture the trade union movement for a change of tisc-al policy with protection. The main objective was carried by 1,730,000 against 500,000, after an amendment had been added urging the restriction of the importation of cheap manufactured goods produced under worse labor conditions than those prevailing in Britain. A resolution was carried insisting on the Government making provision to employ men on demobilisation; also, that there should be no reduction in the present rate of wages or increase in working hours. WHAT LABOR ADVOCATES. Renter Service. Received Sept. 8, 12.5 a.m. London, Sept. 7. The Trade Union Congress passed a resolution that the industrial, economic and social interests would best be preserved by the expansion of the educational system, the abolition of sweating, better housing, and the destruction of monopolies,