On the Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 318, 18 June 1915, Page 5

On the Sea.

THE LUSITANIA. DEVICE TO DETECT .SI'JJAIARJXES. SPEED Of Til 15 VESSEL. ticceived June 17, 5 p.m. Loiulon, June 10. At tile Lusitania inquiry, J[r. '.Mac. Master, representing the Canadian Oovdrew attention to a device capable of detecting the presence of submarines, but pave no details. Mr. Booth, chairman of the Cunard Company, said the Lnsilanja's top speed was 21 knots. f i he non-use of certain boilers saved a thousand tons of coal in a voyage, and it was necessary if the Lusitania was to continue running without a financial loss. lie did not think there was an increased risk. Xo vessel •previously torpedoed was going" above fourteen knots. The company did its best to counter the efforts of (ierman spies. The Lusitania was specially ordered not to stop to pick up a pilot. Other evidi nee showed that the Lusitania. had changed her course four times in a few hours before the disaster. Sir Edward Carson said that the manifest contained certain cases of ammunition and some empty shells, but neither could be used for military purposes. The captain of the Lusitania gave evidence that the average speed on the journey was 21 knots. He could not make 25 knots because he was working nineteen out of the twenty-five boilers by orders of the company, and could not get more than 20 knots out of the

MINES IN THE WHITE SEA. A BRITISH STEAMER {>UXK\ Reccivod June IT, 11.40 p.m. Stockholm, .lime IT. The mail steamer Thurston, from Gothenburg to England, was ca-pturod anil conveyed to Swincmunde.Tlie British steamer Arndale, coal laden, hound for Archangel, was mined •soiit'iward of Cape Orlov. Three were drowned. Many mines were aeon at the entrance to the 'White Sea. THE GERM AX PIRATE DECORATED. Received ■Tunc IT, 7.20 p.m: Copenhagen, .Tune 17. It ig officially announced that Commander Hersing has been decorated, in recognition of liis "gallant" act in torpedoing the Lusitania. dutch yjsmxo .smack mini:]). Received June 17, 7.20 p.m. Amsterdam, June 17. A Dutch fishing smack was mined off Knocke. Tlie crew of four were killed. NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. . London, June IG. The-Norwegian steamer Davager was sunk by a submarine near the island of 'Lewis. The crew landed at Stornoway.