FREIGHTER AFIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 9

FREIGHTER AFIRE.

Crew Took to Boats and Not Located. OFF JAPANESE COAST. (Received 2.30 p.m.) TOKYO, January 24. The British, freighter Forthbridge uncontrollably afire off the north coast of Japan. The ship's company took to the boats, but the Japanese steamer Kalioku Maru, which arrived on the scene, has not yet found them and is unable to approach the Forthbridge owing to the flames. A Japanese torpedo boat is taking part in the search for the boats. DANZIG DISPUTE OYER. SETTLEMENT BY LEAGUE. (Received 2.30 p.m.) GENEVA, January 24. The Danzig dispute has been settled. The Danzig Senate agreed to modify the laws in accordance with the desires of tlie League Council. The chairman of the League Council, Mr. S. M. Bruce, gravely addressed the Danzig delegates, saying he sincerely trusted that their undertaking would be carried out. The League phase of the RussoUruguayan diplomatic rupture ended - with a resolution, which was accepted by both parties promising diplomatic arrangements. LIFEBOAT WASHED UP. FOUNDERING OF PARING A. (Received 2.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The badly battered half of one side of a lifeboat, bearing the name Paringa, was washed ashore at Torquay. This is the first definite evidence of the foundering of the ship, which disappeared in a storm while towing the Yincas to Japan.