LATE NEWS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 192, 18 September 1914, Page 10

LATE NEWS

STJNTLY DISASTER. A meeting of representatives of. various trades unions was held this afternoon in tiia Trades Hall, at 2.30, to consider the <iues■>;ion of rendering assistance, to the wives and. dependants of the miners, killed and injured in the recent disaster at Huntly. The steps already iaken in the various centres were explained, and it was unanimously resolved— That this meeting of trade unionists call upon the Government, through Parliament, to send Immediate relief to the wives and dependants of the Huntly miners killed and injured, as ;he meeting has proof that many of these people are in absolute need; the motion to : be forwarded to the Premier, the Leader of the Opposition, and the labour members,- and published in "the newspapers. A committee was appointed' to deal With the matter locally, Messrs Ellis and Woodham being appointed joint secretaries, and. •- authorised to collect any available donations..7 • ; ..■ji MERCHANTMAN SUNK. ; i ', . AUCKLAND, September 18. News has beeii received in insurance cir- - cles'that the Harrison liner Diplomat, 7600.. ions, with £250,000 worth of cargo on board, • •yas sunk in-'tlxe Say of Bengali by the Gsrr \ nan cruiser Emden. The Diplomat was a steel screw gtsaiaer, built in 1912 at Glasgow, and commanded, by. Oaplain-H. Bickerstaff. v . . '• ; , / J ' ■ 7 i * ~- I , "•: ' . '■ ■ . ,*i . ; .... -._/' ; . : V '' • 4f 1 . '