ALLIED TRANSPORT SUNK
SUBMARINE ATTACK -IN THE MEDITERRANEAN GERMAN REPORT • i -■■ - ■ London, January 29. _ An official message from Berlin.;., states: "One of our submarines sank? in ten minutes, on January 2£>, armed euomy transport full of troops. The transport was steering eastwards accompanied by a French torpedo-boat,' and was 250 miles east of Malta."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Rcuter. THE SINKING OF THE LAMENTIC London, January 29. Captain Reginald A. Norton, of the Laurentic, who was saved, was coramander oa H.M.S. Hoguo when she iva&, torpedoed on September 2, 1914. The latest victims of the pirates include : Jovington, 1739. tons (British); Myrdal, 2631 tons (Norwegian); Suhr, 1482 tons (Danish).—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. January 30, 8.55 p.m.) London, January 29. The Mothenm (7654 tons) 'has been ■ sunk. "...-.. new mine-fieldlnThe north sea London, January 29. . Berlin is perturbed by Sir John Jelli- 1 ,. coe's now mine-fields in the North Sea.-; The "Tageblatt" states that the Brit- ■ ish have established a blockade of i Heligoland Bight, involving portions of '< tho Dutch and Danish coasts. The | measures include mine-fields and pat-' ■ rols, and are- directed against the en-;! trance and departure of submarines. — •'■ Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' BIG NEW PIRATE SUBMARINE FOUNDERS. London, January 29. ■A Norwegian message describes thef foundering of a large new German sub* j marine. Tho crew, excepting an officer ri ; were rescued by a trawler. —Aus.-N.Z.,-Cable Assn. LATEST PIRATICAL THBEAT .. SHOOT-ON-SIG-HT WAR ON ARMED > MERCHANTMEN. (Ree. January 30, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, January 29. Tlie German Embassy issues an in* ( spired statement to the effect that snbv.j marines will attack, without all British merchantmen armed fore' , and aft.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HOMERIC STRUGGLE COMING ON . THE SEA INTENSE ACTIVITY AT THE ADMIRALTY New York, January 29. The New York "Times" is Tvell in-< formed from London that there is hw • tense if unadvertised activity at the Admiralty, which supports the belief of an impending trial of strength between Britain and Germauy under th*j sea. Britain, if she fully arms her j merchantmen, will have a strength or i about four thousand vessels agarnsfe. Germany' 3 thousand submarines.-. Britain is scientifically using to the fullest her slupbuMng. facilities, and the most deadly ssa struggle m historyj Beema about to be staged in the near s future—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2991, 31 January 1917, Page 5
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373ALLIED TRANSPORT SUNK Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2991, 31 January 1917, Page 5
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