THE ARABIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1915, Page 5

THE ARABIA.

WHERE WAS SHE SUNK? A cablegram from London on Friday stated that the British steamer Arabia had been sunk, and that there were 20 survivors. Beyond this no details have .vet been received.. It is presumed that the steamer referred to is the I'. and 0. steamer Arabia, which for many years was engaged in the London-Bombay service, and which latterly has been employed between London and Australian ports. Air. F. >P. Corkill (Lloyd's agent at New Plymouth) informs us that there are only two steamers registered named Arabia' —the P. and 0. vessel and a llainliurg-Ainei'ikii liner. The (lerman vessel is 'bottled up" at Hamburg, so that the P. and 0. vessel was the only Arabia in trade. Against this, howeevr, is the tact that the 11.I 1 . a;ml 0. Arabia left Sydney as late as September 18, and was not due at London until October 30, so that Inst week she would only have been at Colombo, and so was in the Indian Ocean at the time she was reported to have, been M\nk. Mr. P. li. 'Kitzherbert, of Auckland, and formerly of New Plymouth, was a passenger 011 the Arabia (Mrs, J-'il/.-herbert is at present in New Plymouth), and there were a number of Australian and New Zealand nurses on the vessel.