FIVE KILLED BY GAS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 189, 12 August 1938, Page 7

FIVE KILLED BY GAS

fruitless heroism of TANNERY WORKERS RESCUERS OVERCOME. LONDON, Aug. 10. A story, of workers’ fruitless heroism was revealed at Wellingborough, where two me" who were cleaning out a pit at a tannery were overcome by gas. Another climbed to their rescue and collapsed. Two others followed and were also overcome. Another two descended with ropes attached and were pulled out in a state of collapse. A police sergeant who arrived with a respirator was lowered into the pit and brought out Ihe five dead men.

FREEDOM TO BROADCAST QUESTION AGAIN RAISED IN HOUSE BRITISH ISRAEL PETITION. I Ter Press Association. I WELLINGTON, Aug. 11. The question of allowing controversial broadcasts over the national stations was reopened in the House this afternoon by Mr. A. C. A. Sexton (Country Party, Franklin), when the Petitions Committee reported that it had no recommendation to make on a petition signed by 9057 persons asking that provision be made for a broadcast of lectures by Auckland British Israel Association. Mr. Sexton said that he was sorry the committee had no recommendation to make, and added that apparently nothing political or controversial was to be put over the national service. It was an absolute farce. He would seriously ask the Government to reconsider the whole question of broadcasting and say if it were not possible to work out some system that would give reasonable freedom of speech over the air, and allow people to hear what they wanted to hear in proportion to their numbers in the community. A motion that the report of the committee be laid on the table of the House was agreed to. _