MERCHANT SHIPPING

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2224, 10 August 1914, Page 6

MERCHANT SHIPPING

THOUSANDS OF GERMAN SHIPS Ify HIGH SEAS . VALUABLE PRIZES IF CAPTURED •"'' • '■ ■ *'* * GERMAN:STEAMERS ON HIGH 1 SEAS. < AVAILABLE FOR CAPTURE. ( : (Rec. August 9, -5.5 p.m.) > > ..■■■■. v London, August 7; ' f It is estimated' that two thousand' Ger- i ; '-taan steamer's •'and .five' ;thouSand'. sailing « .vessels are on the ■ high, seas available for ■ capture.;:,? Over, twenty have already:been 1 paptured outside British ports. OLYMPIC TO BE HELD READY, /' (Reo. August- 9,-B.S p.m.-), .; • ■ !'"»\''>New YorkjvAugust' 7. j ■The, White StarJmer Olympic mas .been to hold' Herself at; the disposal of' i Bntish. Admiralty,f ( !■ H-i . Th steamer Olympic is a .isted .'triplei . Bcrew: setcamor ci 40,32-s, gross, , and .20,847: .tons • net i register. . .She was •, i built in .1911 by Harland ■ and Wolf, Ltd., J ' dfißelfastj for,tho Oceanic Steam 'Naviga-i j tion ..Co., . Ltd.;,. Jter., dimensions, aiei-rr , .fLength, ! 852.5ft.';''l>readth;.'92.5ft.; and < :depth,"s9.sft.■'iThe. Olympic has a sea j Jupeed of 23 'knots. , She is ono.of the { -.Uargest liners 7 afloatj ; and is an' armed BIG LINER CAPTURED. (Reo. August 9, 5.5 p.m.) ■ • London, August 7; | V.■ An English cruiser captured the liner i \ffurbania, 14,000 tons, mating for Ply- j -, mouth, with many German reservists and -, a.largo quantity of German gold from the •. HirWurg'fAinerilca C'eciho. Tho Prince Adalbert has been taken to Falmouth. ' ■-■ \ 1 The Prinoe Adalbert is a steel eorow steamer of 1820 tons gross* register. She was built in.,1901,. ana .flies.the Belgian 1 flag. . - - < ■ --■ AUSTRIAN' STEAMER' TAKEN. (Reo. ;A.iigust..9, p.m.)'..; 1 ' ;v. London, August 7. Destroyers captured the Austrian-vessel ./Xaconia ofi.Deal last Two shots kxrere "fired; aoross her.' bows before the-Lu-{conia stbpppdl .Twenty-fivo /ctatmen,already ~captured "are in the j United-Kingdom; ■ —-.. :l The Laconia is a steel screw steamer of 1 <6383 .tons -gross register. She was -built' ■ in 1912. _ " OW/fiRAZIILIAW "dOA'ST. / (Reo. August' 9, 5.5 p.m.) \ ;Rio de Janeiro,.August 6. ' / It is reported that the cruiser Glasgow usaptured several.. German, .merchantmen Bntside Brazilian waters. ( H.M.S. 'Glasgb{vvis(one, N ofi.tte Bristol \class of 26-knot ctuisers, launched in , '1909 and completed in 1910. - Sheis-a vessel of '4SOO, tons displacement, and" carries \a complement of 376. - Her main armament consists oi,.two sis-inch. and. 10, foiir-inoh i guns, and two-'lfr-iiicU .submerged toTpedo \tubes. . i. V.'-,'., V'- ; ••• " : ;jt;;irinteresting, .to,'note ihafc on,Tliurs-' • : containing(the names of. 18 German ■ merclumtment \ which .rcerein ,the,S6«,th .Atlantic., .iLike ,-aiosfc of the German merchantmen, these ■ .ships were presumed-to-Be"fitted with'api pliances suitable for mounting' guns;' As tseveral well-known New- Zealand -traders I'Were in' tle; South' Atlantic recently,'it is' .reassuring -to hear that a'British' cruiser iof the Glasgow's class-has captured some : »f the enemy's fleet. ■ ' 1 TRAWLERS STILL:-MISSING.".-;/ ,j _(Ree. : August. 9,'5.5 p.m.) : ! ; ' V " London,' August. 7.' .-Sixty Aberdeen trawlers are'still unaccounted for. MAURETANIA AT HALIFAX. - rn, H -.^ lifa -V (Nova Scotia)), August 6. .The Mauretania has arrived here,,the cruiser i/ssex acting as a convoy. Four>teen .hundred- passengers' were landed; Rumours of tho presence of Germun cruiser prevented the vessel reaching ■GERMAN LINER? BLOCKED IN NEW ' YORK. -v . . New York, August 7. 'The United States has stationed [ the . battleship Florida across the harbour to prevent the Vaterland and other German steamers leaving with provisions supplied for- German -cruisers.' ■ -v IWARLIEE MERCHANT' SHIPS' TO BE . DETAINED. ■ Washington, August 7. lii 6 otate Department announces that all merchant ships that are fitting out in -• warlike .fashion, at American ports will bo refused. clearances; ' GUNS'POR "GERMAN LINERS. . - •- August 6. A German liner -which arrived on Saturday Mought extra guns, which were f transferred at night too to other German' ships, in, port. ' AUSTRALIAN SERVICES. '. .' ' - • . Sydney,' August 8, Interstate,and. New' . Zealand, steamers. bo far show little falling off in passenger' ahd"c?rgo.-bbDkiiig9,.', . ,Tlie. Union "Company, has. not;beon ad-. vis'ed.!ofHtho ieporte'd.,'ndn-saiHng" "of--tho-'Niagara.' -The company proposes to ;carry • on the. Canadian service from' this end -as usual, pending; advices. "• MISTAKE IN A PIWOLAMATION. - ! , ■. Sydney, f August 8.--; Shipping interests'were, thrown into'a 6t.ate of consternation owing to ' a Pro- ' clamation including-.coal-in- the list of contraband articles., It should have been coalsacks. Tho error was subsequently corrected. . Considerable delay is arising in respect to oversea vessels, cwing to the difficulty - of obtaining clearances. .'ATLANTIC ROUTES REPORTED SAFE. . - •.; . . ~ . London, August 6.- r .The Carmania. lias arrived from New York -with two-millions of gold. . It is that- the Atlantic routes, are .- '■ Bctfe.

' GERMAN MERCHANT FLEET. 1 STEALERS REPORTED SHORT OF ■ • - COAL. (Eec! August 9, 5.5 p.m.) " V" '.1 Paris, August 8. • The, "Matin" estimates there are three thousand sailing ships and two thousand ' steamers, aggregating 2,800,000 'tons, 011 tho high, soas, flying tho German ilag. None carry coal for more than twelve days, and as there afo- fow German coaling stations, the.ir own. resource is-to go to a, neutral port tind- dismantle. '.'"" -•'"CEDRIC SEEKS REFUGE. .. , ' - Halifax. (Nova Scotia), August G. Tho. White Star liner Cedric took refuge l;ere, owing to the proximity of Gorman ciulsers. . AUSTRALIAN MAILS UNCERTAIN. . . ' London, August 6. There is general uncertainty regarding tho mail service to Australia, the arrangements being altered : daily.. Overland dispatch from London is extremely uncertain, though the Post Office has made no, definite!, alterations. .. , ■ THE NIAGARA. » Vancouver, August 7. The Niagara has sailed: for New Zealand with passengers and mails. ' Later. ■ The steamer Niagara is still delayed. The date; of her sailing is unknown. .