Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 179, 7 January 1915, Page 8

Maritime Activities

THE KRON PRINZ WILHELM, STILL A MENACE TO SHIPPING. ECHO OF THE CHILIAN COAST EIGHT. London, January 7. The Kron Trinz Wilhelm in November sank the ship Arine-de-Bretagne bound for Australia M. Verljrr.ggcn pvWishes, in the Snn-Hago-de Chile newspaper La Patrie, a German clergyman's interview with a German officer after the engagement off Coronel. The officer stated confidentially that his ship had 13(i wounded, not six as officially stated. He admitted that the sea was not excessively heavy and that they did not rescue the British ; because they were ordered not to rescue ; them. 11. Verbruggen attests the absolute truth of the interview. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 0. A naval correspondent, referring to the loss of the Formidable, said that it may be expedient to pay off older and , less protected ships and provide fast merchantmen for patrol and searoh work.

WELL-DESERVED PUNISHMENT. PRO-GERMAN ISM AMONG NEUTRALS. Rio de Janiero, January 5. The Government has dismissed the ofiieials responsible for allowing a G«r-' man steamer secretly to leave Pernainbuco, GERMANY'S MERCANTILE MAWXK. SOLD BY BRITISH PRIZE COURT. Received 0, 10.50 p.m. London, January (!. Five German prize steamers were auctioned, the prizes aggregating £130,725.