HONOR TO THE WAHINE.
SINKING OF A SUBMARINE. FIRST IX THE MEDITERRANEAN'. The Wellington Post says that an officer of the s.s. Wahine, writing to his wife in Wellington, says:—"We had quite an interesting time coming bad; from Mclos, and the Wahine has the honor of getting the first submarine in the Mediterranean. We sighted the submarine about a mile astern of us. The first shot went just over him. but before lie could get down again we had Another one on to him, and we saw a cloud of smoke come up—and that was all of the submarine. We nearly got another, but he managed to get down before we could get one on to him. Our guns ar» fine patterns, and the submarines are very shy of a ship with guns mounted. We are proving ourselves such a useful ship that there is very little ehan-oe of our getting off this line for some time to corns,
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1916, Page 2
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159HONOR TO THE WAHINE. Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1916, Page 2
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