ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 May 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED. Received 9.5 a.m_ NEW YORK, May 16. Advices received here state that an Austrian battleship has been torpedoed in Pola harbour by the Italian navy. A SIGNIFICANT RUMOUR. Received 9.20 a.m. GENEVA, May 16. It is rumoured that the German Baltic Fleet has concentrated at Kiel. FIRST LARGE CONCRETE SHIP COMPLETED. Received . 9.25 a.m. ; LONDON, .May 16. The first large concrete, ship of 900 tons displacement .and, a , dead-weight capacity of 500 tons has been completed. . ’ ’ .-1} ••• IMPORTANT AGREEMENT. .« - : it.f fi : TO SPEED UP SHIPBULDING. />; , Received 9.10 a.m. ' LONDON, May 16. An important agreement has been reached at a Conference at New York between shipbuilders and workers providing safeguards • against disputes with a view to accelerating shipbuilding and repairing, f.-. .■piq.-e UNOFFICIAL HEROES. LONDON, May 15. Twelve thousand five hundred members of the mercantile marine have been killed during the war. Their dependants are receiving £170,000 sterling yearly. His Majesty has of the award of badges to officers, seamen, .firemen and stewards who continue to go to sea after being torpedoed or mined, the badge to be in the form of a torpedo worn on the left sleeve. A LINER WRECKED. LONDON, May 16. The 7000-ton Nelson liner. Highland Scott, was wrecked off Rio de Janeiro.