Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 25 January 1915, Page 5

Maritime Activities

H.M.S. AUSTRALIA. SINKS GERMAN SUPPLY SHIP. Melbourne, January 23. Official information received from Admiral Patey states that on January 6 the Australia captured and sank a tierman liner acting as supply ship to German cruisers. The officers and crew were taken prisoners The Australia's crew are all well. THE CRY OF-" "WOLF." GERMAN FLEET THREATENS AGAIN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 24, 5.5 p.m. London, January 23. Rotterdam reports that German agents have been buying large quantities of salt pork for several weeks, and are speeding up deliveries, saying the pork is wanted immediately for the fleet, which is preparing for early activity.

GERMANY'S LATEST. SUPER-SUBMARINE TO SINK. TRADERS. OUR MERCANTILE MARINE MENACED. Received 24, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, January 23. A telegram from Berlin states that u super-submarine has concluded its trials at Heligoland, and is proved well suited for chasing merchantmen on the high seas. The vessel carries supplies for three months. THE LOSS OF THE SAPHIR. ONLY TEN FRENCHMEN SAVED. Received 24, 5.5 p.m. Constantinople, January 23. Ten were saved from the Submarine Saphir, miii<4l in the Dardanelles. THE CRIPPLED GOEBEN. Times and Sydney Sun Services, Received 24. 5.5 p.m, London, January 23. An Athens correspondent is informed that the Goeben is anchored in the Bosphorus, and surrounded by steamers to conceal the damage. | THE DACIA'S ATLANTIC TRIP. Receivdd 25, 12.20 a.m. New York, January 24. The World says:, "If the British pronounce the Dacia a lawful prize, they will merely have asserted a right which every sea Power lias always upheld," BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED.

London, January 22. A German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Durward off Hook of Holland. The crew were aaved. SWEDISH STEAMER MINED. Stockholm, January 22. The Swedish steamer Droft was mined in the Gulf of Bothnia. Five perished.