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NAVAL ENCOUNTERS REPORTED ACTION OFF ZLEBRUCGE Received August 17, 5.5 p.m. London, August Ifi. Flushing reports two encounters between British and Gorman warships off Xeebrugge at 3.30 o'clock this morning. COMMERCE SUBMARINES. CONSTRUCTION DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME. Received August 17, 7.15 p.m. London, August 10. Ilerr Hohmann, a director of the new Mibmarine line, states the construction of seven liners took six months to build. It was difficult to obtain rubber and metal s from America and store then; t'ecretly, but they secured enough in si.v voyages. COMMERCE SUBMARINES. Amsterdam, August 16. Two German commercial submarines have completed their trials off Ileliogoland iiiul will shortly depart for the United States. New York, August lfi. Advices from Berlin state that no news of the Dentsohlaml has been received .since the sailed. j-~'. ■ ( i ;
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1916, Page 5
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133ON THE SEA Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1916, Page 5
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