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Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1916, Page 5

-According to details of the. sinking tf Hie German cruiser I'ndine received at Copenhagen, the German steam ferry Preusscn, Willi a full cargo of loaded railway trucks, left Trellcborg at noon on Sunday, November 7. and was mejt outside Swedish territorial waters by a convoy con-isiing nT the t.'ndine and it ' large torpedo-boat. About twenty-two miles out the periscope of n British snb» marine was observed simultaneously from the three :.hips, but before there was time to do anything a terrilic explosion occurred, and the Undine was hit by a torpedo. Immediately afterward* another torpedo crashed through the cruiser's engine-room. The torpedo-boat,' which at this juncture was Kill yards from the cruiser, vamc up to assist the Undine. The Undine* dock was seen to be only a couple of inches above the water, and the crew ".eve «trn'«rliii!{ to get on board a number of- small rafts which convoying ■ •; , \r,-\ \i>\ ■■ :\\{ emergencies. Out of a ere", of .',l'\ !"'i. were saved, but a nnei'.er ,i i!;e ;,:.;:,■!■

are seriou-ly wounded. ; >n; -,\ il.m! -itt their way to Sas-.iiil./, ;...■ .. jp.vi'.l train was in w.iitini; t.i ; ,i.e diet:' t.» Kiel. Traffic belv.ee,, i.,;!,:,,„•■; nml Saisnilz i- again 4ep;>,' . aiei t »• Herman steam ferries live lyi.'i/ n the earbor, not daring to go out. A hank-looking indhhlu.; l . v.iiU it military aspect, about his whe'e |-evson (in spite of a tweed cap pulled An-f over his head, -and hi* civilian ii',v.-'i strolled briskly into the roiruinug office at the Garrison Hall on Thursday after-, noon, and caused some diversion durng his short stay there (says the Wellington Times), fie wa« wearing a rihhon on his right breast, dcioling that he had been in the Imperial forces, :>n t had seen active service, and lie had that "go-as-you-please, dcvil-nmv-c.ire'' look about him that denotes a man who has seen something of the world. "Well, what can we do for yon?'' asked the sergeant-major. "What can you do for me? Well, it's just like this—l enme from Timarn to go into ramp, but hart too .much lime-juice, and so missed the bus. I want a railway pass to Trenthara." The man was told that if his statement was correct he had better get to the camp the best way he could. He resented this remark, anil a heated argument ensued between him and the recruiting officers, In the end the recruit was told that if lie kept a civil tongue he would be furnished with an order for a pasß to Trent earn. He duly received the order, and as he left th« room was still muttering that it vu "too much lime-juice which. caugeß me *j* miss the ; bus." " 4" »•>