ON THE SEA.
SUBMARINES' DARING ATTACK. pJOKE VESSELS SUNK. ' J k* j Received Dec. 8, 1'2.35 a.m. I London, Dec. 7. • 'A wireless message from Berlin states that the Portuguese Minister of Marine ionounces that German submarines attacked Funch&l (capital of the Madeira Islands), sank the auxiliary vessel Kangaroo, also the English steamer Dacia, and the French gunboat Surprise, they then bombarded the town for two hours at a distance of two miles, but the coastal batteries forced the submarines to withdraw. The commander and thirty-four of the Surprise's cretf perished, also the few Portuguese pboaxd the Kangaroo and Dacia. jTO COMMEMORATE JUTLAND. _ FOR CREW OF NEW; ; » I ZEALAND. ■ Received Dec. 8, 12.45 a.m. * - • London, Dec. 7. Tie New Zealand War Contingent 'Association is striking a medal as a Christmas present to the officers and cnen of the battleship Zealani in commemoration of Jutland. OS TORPEDOED SHIP. f i • - Kew York, Dec. 6. The crew of the steamer Palermo, which was torpedoed off the Spanish coast, included 47 Americans. I
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1916, Page 5
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170ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1916, Page 5
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