CREW HARANGUED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 5

CREW HARANGUED

U-BOAT CAPTAIN

NAZI-FRENCH ALLIANCE

SHIP BLOWN UP

SEIZURE OF FOOD

1 (Eire. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 24, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23. After blowing up the French steamer Vermont on the high seas, the commander of the U-boat harangued the ship’s company in French upon the advantages of an alliance between France and Germany.

Two members of the crew were drowned and several injured, including the captain, when the steamer was

sunk. She had ignored the submarine’s code messages demanding her to stop. The vessel continued on a zig-zag course, but the U-boat overhauled her. The commander of the submarine explained that it was not his fault he had to sink the vessel. He sent three men aboard who took all the food they could discover.

The Vermont’s crew, crowded into

three boats, had pulled one and a half | miles from the ship when she blew ] up and sank. British destroyers picked up the castaways eight hours after.

TWO SHIPS SUNK

RESCUE OF SURVIVORS

FOURTEEN MISSING

(Reed. Oct. 24, Noon.) LONDON, Oct. 23.

The British steamer Sea Venture, was sunk as a result of enemy action off the north coast of Scotland. The crew, numbering 25, landed on an island after rowing for 15 miles. Later they were picked up by a lifeboat.

Fourteen members of the crew ot the British steamer White Mantle, which was sunk in the Atlantic are missing. Five survivors landed at an east coast port and were sent to a hospital

TWO U-BOATS SUNK

AIR FORCE SUCCESS

(Reed Oct. 24, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23

The Air Ministry has annonneed that the Royal Air Force is believed recently to have sunk two U-boats, one in the North Sea and the other in the Atlantic.

After the attacks, the pilots circled over where the submarines disappeared and saw nothing more of the Üboats.

USE OF KIEL CANAL

SCANDINAVIAN VESSELS

(Rccd. Oct. 24, 9 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Oct. 23

The Berlin correspondent of the Danish paper Politiken says that Germany has requested Scandinavian shippers to send their ships through the Kiel Canal in order to facilitate contraband control.

“SEEDS OF DISUNITY”

QUEBEC ELECTIONS

CHARGE BY MINISTER

(Reed. Oct. 24, 9 a.m.) QUEBEC, Oct. 22

The Quebec election campaign reached a climax over the week-end when over 20 addresses were given by leaders including Federal Cabinet Ministers.

The premier, Mr. M. Duplessis, renewed his appeal for provincial rights. The Liberal leader, Mr. Godbout, attacked the financial record of Mr. Duplessis.

The Federal Minister of Public Works, Mr. P. J. A. Cardin, charged Mr. Duplessis with the sowing of seeds of disunity and hatred. The voting is to take place on Wednesday.

INTERNED IN BELGIUM

NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN

VISITED BY MR. CLINKARD

LONDON, Oct. 3.

Well cared for, in the best of health, but very restless, Pilot Officer A. W. Mack (Wellington) is at present interned in the Guardarmerie Barracks in Brussels. He was the navigator of an R.A.F. aeroplane which ran short of petrol after a “pamphlet flight over Germany and was obliged to make a forced landing.

The aircraft descended from a great height, and it was estimated that a landing would be made on French territory. It landed, however, at Nivclle, in Belgium, and both aircraft and airmen were immediately interned.

The New Zealander was seen several times in Brussels by Mr. G. W. Clinkard, the Dominion's European Trade Commissioner, who is a friend of Mr. C. Mack, of Wellington, the pilot officer’s father. Mr. Clinkard, who visited London this week, said hat the New Zealander was in the best of health, although naturally chafing at his present inactivity.