Rangoon, July 13.
A message from Prome, on the Ierawadi River, states that Australian airman Matthews was picked up by some village folk on the slopes of the Arakan Yomd Mountains, " range 700 miles long stretching from the mountains the Naga city downwards along the cast of Chittagong division, Bengal, and Arakan division, Lower Bur eand through the Trrawadi divi si and terminating in Central Negrais, After their plane had crashed on the mountains, Matthews and his compatriot Hook walked for seven days, following the course of a Stream. Hook finally became ex, hausted and was unable to. walk, He was left a day's march behind.
The two airmen who were in the course of a flight from England to Australia, had been missing since they left Akyab on July 9, Hook was injured more severely than Matthews when their machine crashed, which was due to a Teak the petrol pipe.
The airmen only had a smalt supply of food and water, and suffered from an attack of malaria fever. Matthews to carry Hook, but this was difficult owing to the nature of the ground. They stumbled on for days in. wretched weather, sleeping in hunters? tute and bamboo clumps. Finally, Matthews pushed on, leaving Hook, ut his own request, with the village folks.. He managed to stagger his way to Prome, which is 161 miles north-east of Rangoon.
Matthews. is lying. ill at Prome and is receiving medical attendants for exposure and exhaustion.
So far there has been no news of Hook, for whom police and villagers, accompanied by a doctor, are ARADO UNION WEEK
Stockholm, July 11.
'The International Trade Union Congress to-day, at its closing ses: sion, laid down' a programme for a 44-hour working week as a step to.a still further reduction—Reuter.
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