On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 82, 10 April 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE BLOCKADE. PORTUGUESE COLLIER TORPEDOED. t ßy Electric TELBORArn —Copyright] United Press Association.' (Received Noon.) London, April 9. The Portuguese .sailing collier i)urno, bound for Oporto, was torpedoed on the 3rd inst. The vessel sank slowly, and the crew took to the boats and reached Hchvick lightship. THE GIFT OF H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. United Press Association. (Received 10.55 a..m.) London, April 9. The New Zealand newspapers stated in January that the Hon. - Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner), after the North Sea action, wrote to Mr Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) regarding the gift of the battleship New Zealand. The newspaper criticism was based on error. Mr Mackenzie, in an interview regarding the battle, quoted a speech in which Mr Churchill said the gift of the New Zealand was an act of farseeing statesmanship but Mr Mackenzie never wrote to Air Churchill. MISCELLANEOUS. London, April 8. The chief officer of a Danish steamer says that ho saw the submarine After sinking the Agantha go alongside a steamer in the vicinity and apparently she received supplies. The Press Bureau reports: For the week ended April 7th there were 1234 arrivals and departures of vessels from the United Kingdom ports and five were sunk by submarines aggregating 87,904 tons. Five fishing vessels also were sunk.