ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 May 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

NEW SUB MAR IN ED ET ECTOR. REVEALS U-BOATS THIRTY MILES AWAY. Received 9.20 a.m. New York, May 14. The “Evenings Post’s” Washington correspondent says the Allies have a device attached to patrol vessels whereby they are able to hear and locate submarines thirty miles away. This accounts for the havoc and'destruction of U-boats during the last few months. : GERMANY’S SUPER-SUBMARINE A FAILURE. ROME, May 14.. The “Corricrc de, Italia” states that evidence is accumulating of the German super-submarines’ failure, largely owing to slowness of manoeuvring. It is reported that a whole squadron was lost in the Atlantic. THE ZEEBEUGGE RAID. BRITISH AIRMEN STOP REPAIR WORK. AMSTERDAM, May 14. Frontier reports state ’that aerial raids are inflicting heavy losses on Germans repairing the damage to Zeebrugge, caused by the naval raid. Soldiers, assisted by the male population of Zc-ebruggc-," engaged in ,fh/e wdiik. are comUftU-ed Jo recommence after bursts. MINING THE CATTEGAT. COPENHAGEN, Mav 14. The Germans have been busy during the last few weeks blocking the approaches to the Cattegat. Extensive minefields have been laid, especially in'the vicinity of Gothenburg.