SUBMARINE WARFARE.
(Per Press Association — Copyn.i
THE SUBMARINE WAR
VALUE OF, AEROPLANES
LONDON, Juno 12,
Admiral Poarcy gave evidence before the Senate Military Committee that if 1000 aeroplanes are sent, abroad they will materially curb tho submarines activities. He urged that the Department of (Aeronautics bo represented in the Cabnet.
NEW AMERICAN CHASERS
PARIS, Juno 12
The specal correspondent of tlie “Journal” says: “I have seen vessels which the Americans are constructing to hunt submarnes. They are 30 metres long and propelled by petrol and will develop a speed of 30 knots They can replenish their petrol supplies on the high seas by the aid of tubes connecting them with tho reservoir of a parent vessel. Their armament gives an offensive of extreme rapidity. They have a considerable range and carry a listening instrument enabling the Americans to /detect the (approach of a submarine They cannot be navigated under water but they can submerge for a consider-, able time. Several hundred of these vessels will be in active service iti a very few months.
SUBMARINE PICKED UP. CADIZ, June 12 A Spanish torpedo boat towed in a German submarine, with.her engines damaged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1917, Page 3
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