ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

V. AN IMPORTANT STEP/ GERMANS FROM \ORTH SEA. Received Jan. 30, 5.5 p.m. Washington, January 28. The American Erolxassv in i-cn.lon cables that Britain has enlarged 'lie North Sea area, which is dangerous to shipping. Amerkan officials consider this .step is designed to prevent egress from German ports at Heligoland or Kit!, and that it banns shipping on most of the area of the Rodger Banks except a narrow :oastal strip. The -.innoiiu.onwnt is regarded as most important. BRITISH MINES OFF JUTLAND. GERMAN SUBMARINE FOIJXnr.US. Times Service. Keceived Jan. 20. 11.35 p.m. London, Jan. 20.' Telegrams jrom Scandinavia slate ttat Great Britain i* layinpr a mine noil -oil. the coast of Jutland, am! t!ia ( , iho Rcfiter, a Christ ; an;.i motor-boar, landed thirty-four of the crew of a German submarine that foundered on the Norwegian coast. . MINE-FIELDS AFFECT FISHING Copsnnagcn, Jan. 20. JTew British regulations i!fHvti)ig.-i!i ; pEiag in the Xorth Sea have he<m nubllrhed. Whiie not grently afiV-jlMig banS'h shipping they greatly affect iisl'iuT. • tb» hew mine-fields cutting oft a good Kildj ,fround. A NEW INVENTION. 10KPEDO SHOCK ABSOPHER, Received Jan. 29, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, January 28. Jarisen, a Danish engineer? li?s inventfd a terpsdo shock absoioer II conIsts of an armored belt placed around Tlrships and merchantmen containing bin platen combined v.it'n Belleville prings. There is an air vacuum bciweea fbe plateß which with tilie elas»city of the springs causes an upward Jtplosion instead of v. forward explolon into flic - : ide. of IhV chip*. Proilnerit fjiaihiera hiive formed a synlip'9 to experiment with the inw.itiM!. FURTHER SINKINGS. Times Service. Received Jim. 20. 11.35 pm. * London, Jan. 20. deported sinkings include the Xor•ejifin Vessels Dcrax and liytal. A DUTCH PROTEST. The Hague, January 28. The Foreign Minister, addressing the « tecdnd Chamber, protested against the Jritteh -oldmg up Dutcli grain ships, »ut admitted that armed merchantmen ronld be regarded an warships if (licy intered Dutch colonial port*, aersly taking provision?. £S- AUXILIARY CRUISER SU2OK. Received Jan, 29, 6.5 p.m. London, January 28. The Admiralty reports that the anxiiary cruiser Laurentie wa-3 submarined jr mined on the- 25th. Twelve offieers Bid 109 men were saved. (The Laurcn'ic was built in 190S and lad a speed of 18 knot*.) : ' SAJPJAIN AND. COMMANDER SAVED. Times Service. Received Jan 29, 11.35 p.m. London, Jan 20 The Laurentie was lost off the Irish t Jeast. The saved include the caplai?i pid commander. OTHERVICTIMS. London, Jan. 28. Lloyd' report that the British steamer TaiiaMo ( 298 " tons ' nn<l :v anm " Nor ' wogian steamer have been sunk. The lllii'na and Jotrmtjeid. which were ifl*ricd as "ink. have r.fiched port, the litter damaged. THJS -CNJiISXAU RAISED. Rotterdam,' Jan. 2S. The Gorman-, after many failures, }i»ve raised tlie Austrian liner Gneisnaa M Antwerp The Germans pompously altminr* that tic last hindrance to sjiTifcaUD 5« Antwerp hae been repaced. _________