ON THE SEA.
BRITISH WARSHIP BUILDING. BROOD AFTER BROOD SENT FORTH. London, Sept. 3. Mr. Alfred Noyes, in his fourth article, describes a visit to the Clyde, where pneumatic rivettors rang on a hundred ships in the forest-like yards. Here lay the slipway in which the Lusitania was horn, and all around wore the cradles of her avengers stretching for mile after mile. England lost eight destroyers in the Jutland battle, and, says Mr. Noycs, "1 saw a shipyard whence they launched fifteen destroyers. I saw brood after brood of ships in yard after yaid ready to follow. No sooner is one launched than another is laid down. England is not taking risks to keep command of the sea. If she lost half her licet tomorrow, she would still have a licet as large as she started the war with, and many more to follow.
"Never was building like this in the history of the world. X saw ncaring completion in this onq cradle a ileet of destroyers, a fleet of submarines, a leet of battle-cruisers, which would have constituted a formidable navy for any <y>untiy. There were certain mystery ships also of new type, around which screens were built against inquisitive eves. "I saw several submarines larger than any hitherto built, battle-cruisers n-hich outstrip any ship in the world, and considerably larger than any ship in existence." Mr. Noyes deplores the attention focussed on the so-called labor troubles on the Clyde, and points out that work goes on for long shifts unceasingly. London, Sept. The American steamer Admiral Clark lias been sunk. Six persons were saved. | SEIZURE OB DANISH STEAMER. London, Sept. 3. A German torpedo boat seized the Danish steamer Axel in tlie Baltic. BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC WAR. New York, Sept. 3. The Berlin correspondent o f the New York Times spvs that there is resentment owing to the report that Norwegian shipowners have closed a contract to place at the immediate disposal of the British Government fifty steamers of an ngg?cg&te tonnage of 150,000 tons. It is believed that the contract rate is four to five shillings ahead of current rates. Germany sees in this another move in Britain': economic war. GERMAN VESSELS IN FRENCH HANDS. Received Sept 4, 5.35 p.m. London, Sept. 3. The French flag ha.- been hoisted on eight of the Austro-German interned vessels.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1916, Page 5
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