SHORT OF SHIPS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 163, 3 October 1941, Page 3

SHORT OF SHIPS

HEAVY AXIS LOSSES

THE CAMPAIGN AT SEA

Much has been heard of the seriousness of the Battle of the Atlantic, but there are two sides to the unceasing campaign at sea, as the enemy knows to his cost. Scarcely a day passes without news, of successful attacks on enemy shipping along the coasts of Norway, the Low Countries and France and in the Mediterranean. On the north-west coasts of Europe the operations are carried out mainly by British aircraft, and in .the Mediterranean by cruising submarines as well as aircraft.

In most cases the enemy's. supply ships are sailing in strongly escorted convoys, but the attacks are boldly pressed home with much success. We have the authority of Mr Churchill for the statement that enemy merchant shipping losses in AugustSeptember were three times greater than those of British and Allied shipping.

Women in Russia.

Reference to the equal status granted women in the Soviet Union was made by Mr R. Stanley, secretary of the Auckland Carpenters' Union, when addressing a meeting in the Majestic Theatre, Rotorua, on Sunday evening urging closer relations with Russia. Amongst important positions occupied by women in Russia., was that of head of the postal department in Moscow and the ambassadorship in Sweden. Many women doctors were serving with the army, he added.