On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 2, 5 April 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

' SUBMARINE VICTIMS. >,v . 4 "rn. : i ' THE DAILY frOLL. j United Pekw abtooiattow London, April 3. The Glasgow steameifPerth has been sunk. Six lives were lost. Eight of the crew weTe landed. The barque Bengarn has been submarined'. Part of the crew were picked up. ; / . The Norwegian steamer Hasgude has been suhk, the crew being saved. THE HOi-T LINER ACHILLES. London, April 3. Lloyd’s reports that the Achilles was torpedoed without warning. Sydney, April 3. , The Achilles left Australia on January 19. She carried a large general cargo, including 22,988 bales of wool, 20,800 bags of wheat, 7289 bags of barley, and 11,383 bags of flour. THE ASHBURTON. ■ . ;* —■ r-rr : Wellington, April 4. The Ashburton was torpedoed after leaving Teneriffe.on March 24. She was loaded’ in the Dominion by the ! New Zealand Shipping Company. Her ‘cargo included 17,000 bales of wool, of which 7000 were from Wellington, 1300 halos of hemp, nearly all from Invercargill. 570 hale? of tow, also pelts, rabbit skins, tallow, etc. ANOTHER GERMAN LIE.

London, April 3. A German wireless says that the Gazette states that an English warship, apparently the Donegal, was mined and sunk in the middle of February. *** j The Admiralty has announced that this statement is without foundation. DECLARATION OF LONDON OISCARDED. ■ ■«. ,v. .*,> --.y ' ” London, April 2. Three fresh articles in the Declaration of London have been discarded by an Order-in-Councii. These ar© 1 Article 19, forbidding the capture of ! ships proceeding to non-blockaded I ports and Articles 30 and 33, limiting I the right of seizure to absolute and 'conditional contraband. Owners of . goods are now required to prove their .innocence.