FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 1 August 1918, Page 5

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

(BY TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION ) . WELLINGTON, July .31. Certam prisoners of war oil* Somes Island managed to make a raft on : V- hi C + h, f ow of them put to 6-a afS mfssed Lr^^i The nfe" ™*™i ?m nS X* rOU Was called at 9-30 p.m., and then arrangements were made for a search. Thl forts J£_ ;a^ ned ' and oo n t ac t was a i so *_££* ward, th pe Pol^- 7 The raft drifted tothe coil Tt ™d Was f sniped'near in&nd LrVti m«n worked their way inland, but did not long enjoy a sense of freedom, as they were found on thl Hutt road about; 1 o'clock this moniSion nd lodged at S voP 16 jmmersion in the very cold AAator during a f ro _ t y night 4ve a saidV'bf 6 r CapGeS- One7who is Stt r e, b f een not of 6tron * institution, died from exposure, and the 2__£_,t?SUgh^lU?h "J 016 are ?n*^l, be suffe™n S fi-om their ehiilng experience. One of the survivors S-nl 5- + J? erformed the feat of swimEtK pf corn P r S I ni°n from Somes Is- » rtu V- e _ne- T hls Avas doue during m.nt + iT lghti' and after this achieve^ ment the adventurers found an unromantic constable awaiting them Some time after the men were captured a email wooden case was seen landS g n T f r thG SPOt rt ere th*y had landed. It was secured by the uolic-c and was found to contain a somewhat crude manner's quadrant and fittings, Pointing to the fact that the men did not intend to content themselves with remaining hidden ashore. The case itself was roughly built from the pine AAOod of a kerosene case, and showed signs ot hurried and rough and readv construction. The instrument is by no rneans as finished and complete as was that manufactured by the Germans internet! at Motuihi, and brought to light by the capture of von Luckner on the scow Moa, but, considering the maker had no more materials than slips of wood and a few brass brads and screws tor the framework, and nothing but the roughest materials for the finer fatting* the quadrant is a clever piece or AA-ork. L