On The Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 292, 19 May 1915, Page 5

On The Sea.

THE PHILOMEL ACTIVE. RED SKA PORT SHELLED, TI'UKJSI-t POSITiOXS RuUHAIIDKi). Kceci'.cd May IS/!Uj p.m. Sydney, May li). IliUyer, it New ZeaJamler, recently u seaman on board the J.'iiilomef, has arrived at Sydney. He slated that the vessel, after escorting* troops to Samoa, formed part of a convoy to Egypt, hence it, was ordered to .Mocha, and liombarded the town, administering a. lesson tee town will not forget. The I'hilomel sank three dhows suspected of carrying rifles. Tiie_ Philomel then went to the Tor quarantine station, and hoisted the Urifish flag and then returned to PortPaid. The vessel proceeded along the coast, shelling tile Turkish trenches and forts. The Philomel and another cruiser .attacked a Turkish fort at .lonahseastle, forty miles from Port Said, landing a party which took the fort. Here TMllyer was wounded, and K'nowlos, of I.yttelton. was killed. (Mocha is a fortified seaport town on the Arahian coast of the lied Sea.)

WILFUL MURDER. FINDING AT LUSITANIA INQUEST. Received May 18, 0.35 p.m. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London; May 17. At the Lusitania, inquest at Queenstown, the Coroner said it was not prudent or politic to discuss tiie speed and the course, which were at the captain's discretion, and the authorities' orders. The facts were few and clear. Sucking infants and old folk were hurled to eternity as a result of a malignant design and the deliberation of Cermany. There was no excuse for the act, which was staggering humanity. He hoped a memorial would be erected at Queenstown, indicating the resentment of all lovers of humanity and freedom at the diabolical outrage. The verdict charged the Kaiser's emissaries with wilful murder. LOSE OF ISRTTISII SHIPS. London, Mav 17. | Tim Transylvania has arrived at Greenwich. iMr. Macnamara, in *tlio TTouse of Commons, said that to May 15, 4fi,fl2f> tons of British shipping haii noon sunt or captured, exclusive of warships, and liiofi lives lost. 'We had sunk or captured 314,450 tons of Gorman shipping ,and no lives had been lost. Tho Germans had destroyed by mines, submarines or cruisers,' 74 neutral vessels.