GERMANY & NORWAY.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 31 October 1916, Page 2

GERMANY & NORWAY.

A PRELIMINARY REPRISAL. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 27 As‘ a preliminary reprisal against Norway, Gerrnany has decided not to" export metal plates to Holland without a guarantee that Holland will not use Gernmn material to repair Norwegian ships. ' NORWAY’S SHIPPING LOSSES. COPENHAGEN, Oct 28. l\'ol'way has lost 268,000 merchant tonnage, of an insured value of 103, 000,000 kroner. One hundred and forty nine sailors have been lost. SAFEGUARDING “ANZAC.” ‘ LONDON, Oct 23 Mr l‘l'ottynlan’s Anzac Bill inflicts for a first offence a fine up to £lO, and sul>:.<oqnmltl_y up to £IOO FAT}: o}‘ 32 MEN STILL UNKNOWN LONDON, Oct 28. ' Two boats and thirty-two men from the‘ Donaldson liner Cabotia, which was sunk on Monday, are still missing. REPORTED SINKING OF FOURTEEN STEAMERS. STOCKHOLIM, Oct 28. The captain of a steamer w-‘.lO arrived at Oregnncl, states the German sub marines recently sank fourteen steam ers off the I~‘innisll coast and in the ‘Gulf of Boiihnia. MERCANTILE CAPTAINS TO BE 0 PRISONERS. ZURICH. Oct 27. A German official note announces that all captains captured on enemy merchantmen will be treateclas prisoners, alleging that their Governments had instructed them to carry ‘on espionage.