MUNITION WORKERS.

Evening Star, Issue 16821, 24 August 1918, Page 8

MUNITION WORKERS.

THEIR WAGES IMCREASED, LONDON. August 23. Th<» Ministries of Munitions and Labor have agrt-sd to an advance on women'* •wages of five shillings per week. Mr Churchill has drawn the War Cabinet's attention to relations between men's and, women's wages. SIBERIA, RELIEF COMMISSION TO HELP THE PEOPLE. TOKIO, August 23. _ Japan has established an Economic Relief Commission for Siberia, thereby keeping step with the United States, which attaches the greatest importance to relief as a means of gaining the friendship of tho people. MEW ZEALAfIDERS IN THE HAMBS OF THE HUNS, WELLINGTON, August 24. (iSpocial from the Official War Correspondent.) August 21. It will be remembered, tluu in the fightiiiff about Miterab (?) some of our noncommissioned cftlicers- and! tnnai from an entrenching battalion tvho wetil- brave'} into the fight were cut off, and if wa< su)fposed at tho time that m~miy were m.-nle prlaoners. Tliis was afterwards cfinfirnicd. I havo now seen a 'letter from one of the priftoncrs, written to the, olii- ••s commanding tho errtrenching group mi ii:e 20th April, and received here on the 6t't of August. Hansen, refers to their --mH-:-tune in being taken prisoners of war. ai:.!. tliougli ho cannot say an the letter J: l .--,v it all happened, ho assures hi* hue vom manding of&eer 'that they Ptuck it out- a» long as possible. He forwarded u roll of the'prisowred men, aa be is anxious that-M-ters and jwrrcels should lie fora-ardod them—esjweially parcels. .At the tinio of writing ihe did not know what their ■address would be. The command'ant replied, telling the l»ys to be at good die.er, and not to worry,'as all knew tiwy had fought, well. Tho "nominal roll forwarded is as follows:—Hansen, H. R-. ; Rennet, J.; Quenneli, V. B.: Clark. D. W.; Hold, E. B. • Henderson, J. ; J. J. ; Hicks, C, W. K-; M'Callen, S. J.; Henncksen, G.: Iraren. J. U M. ; M'William, W.; O'Brien, G. ; Badmington. M.; Cbnway, 11". ; Anderson. M. (>. ;' Stapleston, J. L. % Hav, A. 1'- ; Norris, 0. S.; ■Sumniervillo, E. *./. • l r ddy, M. J. ; Gonun, H. ; Olacn, O*. R. ; Noil'l, d. K. ; (."hisholm, J. j Valentino,'g.': Jarvis, K, ¥. ; Parkin. A. It.; Han-is X • Henderson, A.; Momaham, T." T. : FVost. W. W.; Hughes, T. A, ; Johnsfono, li. S. ; Graltam, J. F.; Everitt, V H • Carroll, T. A. ; Ball, W. ; Raker, if. G.': Currie,' K. K. : Richard, D. T. ; Raid T. ; Cochrane. G.: O'Neill, K. J. R t Fraser. 'J'. W.; Calcott, A. E. ; Halley, H. €■': Murphy, R. N.; T.; Parkin. A. R.