On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 100, 29 July 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

FICHTihi: IN THE GULF OF BOTHNIA. Press Association-Copy rig'; t, Austra- ' ban and N.Z. Cable Association. Stockhumr. July 2K The newspaper Dagens ISyheter re porta naval fighting off ; ..fringe fliul the Umca Archipelago on Wednesday The result is unknown. (Hafringe and the Umea Archipelago are off the coasts of Sweden, in the northern portion of the Gulf of Bothnia at its narrowest part. BRITISH LINER CAPTURED. Copenhagen, July 28. German warships are making strenuous efforts to prevent British cargoes leaving the Baltic. A German cruiser chased and captured the Wilson liner Eskimo. The liner claims that the seizure was accomplished in Norwegian waters. EVADING THE BRITISH BLOCKADE. SWEDISH FIRM'S ADVICE. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, July 28. During the hearing of a case before the Prize Court resulting in the detention of a cargo of cotton, a letter from a Gothenburg firm was read, which advised American shippers how to evade the British blockade. It was suggested that captains should go well north of the Shetlands sliding down the Norwegian coast, there was little risk of capture. The writer added: "We directed several boats thus which were not interfered with." CAPTAIN OF THE BRUSSELS SHOT. I TRIED TO RAM A SUBMARINE.

Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. , (Received 10.15 a.m.) Now York, July 28. A Sayville wireless message reports that the Germans shot Captain Fryattt, of the Great Eastern steamship, Brussels, because ho tried to ram a submarine before capture.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING MOVE.

Press (Received 10.30 a.m.) Melbourne, July 29. The Cabinet is considering the offer of a British shipping firm for the sale of six vessels, each with a carrying capacity of eleven thousand tons. The price is Btatpd to bo about two millions.