Londono, Nov. 5.
The Duchess of York has consented to open on December 10 the hostel recently established by the British and Australian Governments at Market Harborough, Leicester shire, for training British girls as household workers for employment in Australia, The hostel is witness to the importance attached to the settlement of British women in the Dominions and marks an interesting, step in the development of State-aided migration. It is the outcome fof the recommendation made at the last Imperial Conference that the Dominion Governments should join with the Home Government in providing facilities for training and testing the fitness of intending women settlers prior to their departure overscas.—British Wireless through Reuter. between the Union S. 8. Ca. of New, Zealand liner Tahiti (7,898 tons) and the harbour ferry steamer here to-day show that the Tahiti struck the ferry amidships, the latter sinking in three minutes in a cloud of steam and inding many school-children, struggling in the water.
Passing craft and boats from the shore rushed to the rescue, Nine' bodies have been recovered so far. It is believed that 15 perished, but} it is feared that many more may have been trapped in the cabins Thirty of the survivors have had be confined in hospital, First Australian Aviatrix Lost Nov. 4.
'The casualties. resulting from the collision betwoon the Iner Tahiti and the harbour ferry-bent here yesterday, which caused the ferry' to sink, are now estimated at 86. The dead include Mrs. Millicent: Bryant, one of Australie's first women aviators, Later.
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