"GUARDED BY SHARKS."
FATE OF NEW ZEALAND TOBTONS. By Telegraph.—Per Proas Association. Wellington, Last Night. An amusing example of the kind of "news" forwarded to British papers from American sources is furnished by the following extract from the Edinburgh Scotsman:— New York, cOtober 6.—-The White Star liner, Delphic, which arrived here to-day; from Auckland, with UflOO tons of beef, reports that there are 3000 Germans in New Zealand, prisoners of war, literally guarded by sharks. The island upon which the Teutons are isolated is not a, long swiin from the mainland, but every man so far who tried tp cover the distance was literally gobbled Up by the man-raters with which the waters The prisoners live in houses and tents, and require very few sentries.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 149, 18 November 1914, Page 4
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125"GUARDED BY SHARKS." Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 149, 18 November 1914, Page 4
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