Zeebrogge owes its recent importance to tho fino ship canal constructed! with < tho idea of reviving , tho commercial glories of Bruges. Tho entrance to the '• canal is protected by a magnificent ! breakwater, with a pier and landing- ■ stage in deep water. It was hoped that tho largo Hamburg liners would mako the pier a point of call, and so they did for a time, though- the practice was ( soon -abandoned. Steameis, however, i have been running regularly between j Bmgos and Grimsby r vin the Zeebruggc 1 canal. ' < "If Holland were involved in the war and ranged on tho sido of tho Triplo Alliance, the great .Dutch colonial possessions in the S'lst Indies would be lost," writes M. fcuypcr (for- | ni'ci'ly Butch Prime Minister), with an ) eye on the activities of the Japanese ' fleet in. tho Pacific, i
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2335, 17 December 1914, Page 8
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138Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2335, 17 December 1914, Page 8
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