COLLIDED WITH ICEBERG

Evening Star, Issue 19842, 16 April 1928, Page 2

COLLIDED WITH ICEBERG

STEAMER BADLY DAMAGED TWO OF CREW KILLED Pres* Asicciaiaon—By Telegraph—Gopyrighf. LONDON. Aftrd 16. With her bows badly buckled and her forepart and main deck smashed to matchwood, the Canadian-Pacific liner Montrose, of 16,402 tons, arrived at Liverpool, the captain reporting that the steamer had been in collision with an iceberg in a dense fog 800 miles from tho Canadian coast. Two of the crew were killed .and two passengers injured The impact was terrific. Fortunately the sea was calm, and there was nq panic,—Australian Press As-sociation-United Service Cable.

COMMISSION'S PRELIMINARY VISIT SIR JOHN SIMON HOPEFUL Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 1L “The chief thing we learnt in our preliminary survey of the Indian problem is its immensity and complexity,” said Sir John Simon on returning to London with the other Commissioners Ho said he believed that much good had resulted from the visit, as he was satisfied that it would have been impossible to undertake the main task without first looking round. He pointed out that their task was not to reach decisions, but to interpret the Indians' feelings and hopes for the information of Parliament. Undoubtedly the boycott bad weakened, and they were now assured of the goodwill and co-operation ot important sections of the Indian public. He was confident that this sympathy would spread to many Indian politicians, including some supporting the boycott, who know in their hearts that the boycott was useless ns a political instrument. The Commissioners’ offer to work on equal terms with the Indian committee's in joint cnnferon'es still stood.— Australian Press Association-United Service.