ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 15 September 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

NAVAL ENCOUNTER AN EXCITING FIGHT. SUBMARINE V. BRITISH AUXILIARY. PIRATE TREACHERY PUNISHED. LONDON, Sept 14. Tie Admiralty states that naval aircraft, on Wednesday night, bombed Ghistelles and Thourout aerodromes. All machines returned. A naval auxiliary boat was struck by a torpedo, the engine-room and several compartments being flooded. A periscope and conning tower appeared. We fired, hitting the periscope ,and also made many other hits. We observed several men come out of the hatch abaft the conning and the submarine wallowed along with her stern almost submerged and oil was squirting from her sides. The crew waved surrender and we ceased fire, whereupon the submarine started off at fair speed. We fired again and the enemy fell on her side and slowly disappeared, end up. Two survivors \vere picked up. We reached harbour safely. SUBMARINE DESTRUCTION. TWENTY SANK IN AUGUST. Received 10.25. ROME, Sept 14. The Agenzia Libera’s Swiss advices state that 20 German submarines were sunk or captured in August. GENERAL CABLES HUGE CORPORATION PROPOSED 1 TO CONTROL EMPIRE PRODUCE. LONDON, Sept 14. Newspapers are revealing extraordinary proposals for the formation of a company to be called the “British Corporation,” with a capital of a thousand million pounds. It is to develop and distribute Empire produce under a system of co-partnership with labour. Lord Willoughly De Broke invited a number of guests to dinner at the Savoy to hear the syndicate’s project. No names were given, but several leading men were prominent on the dinner list. Mr Lloyd George, Lord Auckland and Mr Geddig have since denied acceptance of the scheme, which is not connected with the British Trade Corporation of the Empire’s Resources Development Committee.

REPATRIATED SOLDIERS. WELCOMED BY THE KING. Received 10.25. LONDON, Sept 14. The Press B'ureau roeports that the King sent a message to the repatriated welcoming them hack to the Old Country, for whose honour and safety their duty had been nobly done, and hoping that happiness of home life among their friends may heal their wounds and obscure the memories of their sufferings. BOMBS IN SHIPS’ CARGOES. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14. ■ A stock of German bombs was discovered yesterday among cargoes in shies at Narvik. It is evident the intention was that the ships should Spurlas versenct. ” IS KITCHENER ALIVE? LONDON, Sept. 13. A Liverpool firm has accepted a "‘50,000 risk at 400 to 1 that Kitchener ! s alive after the war. The firm refusal orders for another £200,000.