ON THE SEA.
MERCHANT SHIP CONSTRUCTION .'.>."-' Received 9 a.m. - --"..T . LONDON. April 10. "Mr.-McNamara stated in the Housjg of Commons that the new merchant" gross tonnage completed in the Unifced Kingdom for March was 161,740.). The total new tonnage of Britain 'and her allies to the end of 1917 was 8/*' 806,275. MERCHANTMAN V. SUBMARINES, A SENSATIONAL FIGHT. Received 8.50 a.m. WSHINGTON, April 10. . The Americ an steamer El Occidente had a twenty miutes' sensational fight with two submarines in European waters. She smashed one periscope and drove off the other U-bcat. AMERICAN SUBMARINES IN EUROPE. WASHINGTON, April 10. Many American submarines have gone to European waters without mishap. AMERICAN TONNAGE AVAILABLE Received 11.30 a.m. NEW YORK, April 10. The New York Times states that America has a ship tonnage of 2,762,605 for transporting troops and supplies. \i
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Taihape Daily Times, 11 April 1918, Page 5
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138ON THE SEA. Taihape Daily Times, 11 April 1918, Page 5
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