GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 168, 22 December 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

T<ABY-KILLERS 01-' SCARBOH!t"GU" .ME. CHURCHILL VIEWS THE SITUATION. ; GERMANS PROVOKED TO FRENZY i BY OUR NAVAL STRENGTH. j Received 21, 9.5 p.m. London, December 21. '• Mr. Churchill sent a message of syin- , pathy to the Mayor of Scarborough as i follows:—"Personally and also on behalf ' of the Navy, I share your disappoint. ] ment that the miscreants escaped un- s punished, and await with patience the ; •opportunity that will surely come. Viewed in its larger aspect, the incident r is one of the most instructive and en--Couraging in the war. Nothing proves x more plainly the effectiveness of the British naval pressure than the frenzy and , hatred aroused against us, a hatred that ' has already passed the frontiers of reason, clouds their vision, darkens their ■Counsels, and convulses their move- i ments. We see a nation of military cal--eulators throwing calculation to the . winds, and strategists who have lost the sense of proportion in their schemes, and ceased to balance loss and gain. - ' Practically the whole fast cruiser force of the German navy, including great =6bips vital to their fleet, and utterly irre- * placeable, were risked for the passing pleasure of killing us many English people as possible, irrespective of sex ■or age. The conditions which impelled this act of military and political folly, and the violence of feeling which could £nd no ther vent, very satisfactorily ; ' confirm our courses. Their bates are measured by their fears. Whatever feats of arms the German navy hereafter per. forms, the stigma of 'the baby-killers of Scarborough' will brand officers and men while sailors sail the seas." j i ROUSirGTHE hl'S. ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS AT SUNDERLAND. Received 22, 155 i.m. ! London, Decjaiber 21. j A mob of two hundred at Sunl:rlai d, incensed by the bombardment, and by •Alders' acquittal, wrecked a. number of German shops. j THE LESSON OF THE RAID. j FUNERALS OF THE VICTIMS. TRADE IN BRITAIN. I London, December 20. There were pathetic scenes at the ! funerals at Scarborough. The Arch- ! bishop of York, in Lis address at the memorial service, said the death of in- ! accents would be a reviimdcr of the ruth- j less ferocity of the war spirit which the j Allies were striving to destroy. Amsterdam, December 20. | An apparently inspired Berlin tele- j gram declared that Scarborough was a | fortified place. Only the coastguard I and wireless stations at Whitby were bombarded, which was not contrary to ; international law. I Times and Sydney Sim Services. j London. December 20. j In many parts of the provinces > boardinghouse-keepers suffered severe I losses until the Belgian refugees ! arrived and the Territorials were billeted j on them. Jewellers are busy owing to recruits buying presents for the girls they are leaving behind them. Studios are rushed by recruit! and their swecthcaits getting photographed. Unskilled huour is being well paid for preparing trenches, consequently farmers in many ; plates find a difficulty in securing labour, j JtKRMAN REPORT DISPROVED. J London, December 20. I The German Government having | stated that the German civil prisoners I at Hongkong wen,' ("impelled to work i like coolies, the American Consul-Gen-eral, at Mr Harcourt's instance, investigated the statement and found it was untrue. A LOYAL MALAY STATE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, December 20. The High Commissioner of the Malay States has transmitted the assurance of the Sultan of Tringano that the Mussulman community is praying for a dcjpaJre British yictory oyer Jgrkey,

STORY OF PREVIOUS RAID ON YARMOUTH.

Tlie attack on Yorkshire coastal towns r recalls the experience oi Lowestoft and . Yarmouth residents early in the morning on November 3 last. At daybreak a ' heavy cannonade was heard to seaward, { which awakened the inhabitants of the c two towns. A thick mist enveloped the sea, but occasional Hashes were seen, s and shells fell two miles offshore, throw- a ing up fountains of water. Many fishing t boats had narrow escapes. The gunboat Halycon, on fishery protection " duty, steamed into Lowestoft, 'with her t wireless aerial Jhot away, her bridge a and funnel damaged, and one of her r crew wounded. A fleet of fishing drifetrs l witnessed the attack. They saw seven' * German vessels steaming in line, and thought that they were friendly ships until the destroyers fired. Some of the German warships flew the White Ensign, and when challenged, replied with a hailstorm of shells. Tlie Halcyon's escape was due to her captain's clever zig-zagging. The German shooting was very poor. They should have sunk the Halcyon in a few minutes. A hundred shells were fired, while the Halycon fired one shot and then retreated. Tlie squadron steamed d eastward, the last cruiser dropping mines. Two drifters were mined, one losing nine men and the other several , of the crew. One of the steam drifters 1 which was blown up was the 'Mill Maggie, of Lowestoft. Six out of ton of tlie crew were drowned. The drifters warned the submarines, but D.3 was •blown up. It is suspected that the German fleet was in possession of a copy of the Admiralty's new special charts of the North Sea, otherwise they would have been unable to safely traverse the extensively mined area. The squadron eluded a British light cruiser which attempted to force an action, and escaped in the dark. FAVOURITE BATHING RESORTS ! AND MARKET TOWNS. Hartlepool and West Hartlepool arc j two adjacent seaport towns and bath- ■ ing resorts m South Durham. They sire separated only by a small inlet known as the Slake. Hartlepool, the older of the two, is built on iiii t . horn of ji bay forming a small harbour of refuge, and the town is nearly surrounded bv the sea. St. Hilda's Church (13th century) has a high embattled tower, a conspicuous landmark for mariners, and there an; the remains of a priory founded in 1275. The lighthouse is visible for 15 miles. Under luaguesian limestone beds north-west of the town coal has been worked since 1830. West Hartlepool is of modern growth, dating from the establishment of its first coal dock in 1847. It has shipbuilding yards. marine engine works, steel and iron plate Tolling mills blast furnaces, paper and pulp manufactories, cement and pottery works, besides an extensive covered fish | market. There are seven wet docks at j West Hartlepool. Middlesbrough is an important market ; town near the mouth of the Tees, and 2'/, miles north-east of Stockton.' Its : industries include iron, steel, chemicals, | blast furnaces, shipbuilding, salt and ] soda. The Cleveland district, of which j Middlesbrough is tlie centre is unj equalled for the quantity of iron pro- ; duced, which ranks highly also for quality. Built in 1830 for shipping coal, the town owes its growth first to tlie coal export trade, and secondly to the i discovery of the ironstone i n the adj joining hills. There is a dock 1200 ft long, and the depth at the entrance to I the port at high water is 34fl the i anchorage area having a depth of 24ft | Redcar is seven miles north-east of I Middlesbrough. The coast here is rocky j but bordered by fme sands, and Redcar : is in consequence, much frequented as a I bathing resort. ' ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST BFAUI TIFI-L WATERING-PLACES j Scarborough is probably the most ; beautiful of the larger English waterj ing-placos. The salient feature of its ; natural situation is a huge projecting j cliff, topped by the sheltered ruins of j the formerly almost impregnable eastle, I beneath which, on its south side, the an' j cient town clustered. The modern waterI place, with its handsome streets and buildings, spreads far to the south, curving round the bay. and has also grown northward. In 1312 Piers Gaveston. the fiascon favorite nf Edward 11., was captured at Searl.nrougl, l, v the. rebel i Earls of lVmbroke aiel Surrey and a |few days later he v;,-■. beheaded by his personal foe, the Karl of Warwick. In | the 10th century the eastle was more I than once besieged. and again, diirin" j the great Civil War, it was twice l,e~I leagured by the Parliamentary forces. I There still remain the ruins of'the keep ! shattered by a Parliamentary mine, and | parts of the subsidiary fortifications, j Scarborough is built on a fine bay, with i Castle Rock on the north and Oliver's : I Mount behind, and a bridge 75ft high I over a picturesque gorge. The town i took its name from the eastle •'Scarburg," meaning "fort on the rock." There is a tidal harbor, with lighthouse and floating dock, 00ft long, enclosed by three piers. The quayage of the harbor is 4050 ft, and the. depth of water at high r tide is 13ft. The chief buildings include : elude a market hall, an extensive ac- - quariam, and a museum. The industries -J of Scarborough are fisheries, coasting . Jrade, and jet manufacture. '