TWELVE IN MONTH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 5

TWELVE IN MONTH

BRITISH SHIP LOST | FRENCH TANKER AFIRE j CAP NORTE’S CARGO j U-BOATS IN CARIBBEAN (Reed. Oct. 14, 11.30 a.m.l (Klee. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) LONDON, Oct. 13. , The Admiralty announces that Friday 13. proved an unlucky day for U-boats, two having been destroyed. Hunting craft were able to rescue j some of the survivors. It is stated in a semi-official commentary in Paris, that 12 U-boats were sunk or badly damaged in September.

II is announced that the steamer Heronspool, has been attacked by a U-boat. The crew is reported all safe on an American ship. The Heronspool, which was of 5202 tons gross, is the second ship to be sunk this week.

A New York message states that the steamer President Harding, radioed that she had rescued the crew of the Heronspool numbering 36 off the Irish coast while proceeding to ai da. French tanker, W. Emile Miquct, whose s.o.s. the President Harding intercepted. She found the tanker in flames and the crew missing.

A message from Washington states that the chairman of the Military Affairs,.Committee of the House of Repre.ycntafives, following an inspection of the coastal fortifications, announced that he had been informed that six -submarines, ostensibly German, were operating in the Caribbean Sea.

It is stated that the captured Cap Norte was found to have repainted herself, substituted Anconia for her name, and painted the Swedish flag on her side. Bad weather made her short of fuel. According to the stowage plan, the quantity of cargo loaded on board was 5641 tons. The principal cargo included about 2893 ton* of wheat, 178 tons of wool, 747 tons of skins, 60 tons of tobacco, 175 tons ol cocoa, 18 tons of honey, 1102 tons of coffee, 440 casks of horseflesh, three boxes of caviare and 500 boxes of lemons. \

The Financial News understands that the Government's war risk insurance scheme, at present confined to the United Kingdom trade, is shortly being extended to include cargoes in British bottoms throughout the world. The present rates are lower than those on the open market.

A Santiago dispatch announces that the German Ambassador handed the Government a memorandum reiterating Germany's intention to ship goods to Chile and suggesting that Chilean importers should take title at neutral ports in order to avoid the blockade. The Government is merely acknowledging receipt of the memorandum,