SWIMMERS RESCUED.
TAXI-DRIVER'S SMART WORK.
By Telegraph.—Press Asi*ciati*n. . Wellington, Last Night,
Threo swimmers had a veTy narrow escape from drowning at Titahi Bay yesterday. They were out bathing, and were milking for the shore when a particularly strong under-current caught them. The bathers were being swept steadily out to sea, when a taxi-driver, J. Dixon, launched a rowing boat, singlehanded, without rowlofcks and with only one oar. After a smart piece of manoevring, Nixon reached the swimmers and brought them safely to shore. An eyewitness "highly praises NiMm's work,
THE DRIVERS' DISPUTE.
A FURTHER CONFERENCE. B)r Telegraph. —Press Asaociitio*. Wellington, Last NightIt has been arranged that a further conference between the New Zealand Drivers' Federation and Employers, for the purpose of considering the new agreement, will be held at Wellington on the 23rd inst. At the last conference the employers offered increased wages, providing the condition? renamed unaltered, but this was not agreed to by the respective unions, which placed tbe dispute in the hands of the Transport Workers' Federation, at whose instance a second conference was arranged.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1919, Page 6
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