On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 79, 31 October 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

ADMIRALTY RETICENCE. ' THE TIMES' COMMENT. Press Association—Copyright. Published in "The Times." '.; London, October .'!<). Tlio Admiralty announces that naval officers employed ashore or abroad may henceforth wear khakt instead of blue and white -when the senior officer orders. . , V'.'..' 'Hie Times, in a leader, says :-^-id- v miral Henderson . writes us that, this. public arc beginning to recognise Mat: the Admiralty communications have for some time past seemed to laclc candour, wherewith we concur. German activities are not confined to spasmodic appearances of destroyers, and submarining* have again reached dimensions whereon the Admiralty are far too silent. It is futile to disguise that they are considerably making havoc among our shipping. They are larger, swifter, more numerous, and more powerful than they were, and we should be glad to learn how the Admiralty's counter-organisation has similarly progressed. THE CHANNEL FIGHT. Press Association— Copyright, AuscraUari and N.Z. Cable Association. London, October 30. The Admiralty reports that the crew of the transport Queen saved nine of the crew of the Flirt. The, Nudian, which was 'torpedoed, . was taken in tow, but broke away, and. grounded owing to the bad weather.

TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING. AMERICAN LIVES IN DANGER. Press Association—Copyright, Australian an&N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.50 a.m.) New York, October 30. Fifty Americans were aboard the steamer Marina when she was torpedoed without warning off the Irish coast. ~., j ,(.!!..■.' i ■':'. ~ ARITISH tt STEAMER sunk by „„} \.;; 7 s|),ellfire. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.57 a.m.) Washington October 30. Tlio American Consul at Queenstown cabled the State Department that the British steamer Marina was sunk by submarine shellfird on Saturday without warning. It is reported that'a number of af|| ( among the crew.