WHITE STAR LINER SUNK.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1917, Page 5

WHITE STAR LINER SUNK.

A STANDARDISED SUHMAIUXE. London, February 13. Tim AVliitc Star liner Afrie (1-2,000 tons) lias boon -iibmarined. Seventeen of the crow are missing. Till! Mriti-h steamer Ada has been sunk, Monday's total losses wore 77P0 tons. A woll-infonni'd export says that Germany prepared for supor-i'rightful-ncs.s by standardising the submarine Hundreds o; factories specialised in : single paits, which were sent to Kiel, where skilled stall's bolted them together. The crews are rapidly trained by experts in training school's. The living conditions in the U bouts have improved. They are'doulita hnlied ami lifted with net-shearing apparatus; they carry g'uns equal to those of destroyers. ITALIAN SHIPPING CONTINUES. Rome, February 13. Despite the unrestricted submarining, Italian shipping continues as heretofore. Mariners regard the measures for their protection as efficacious. AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SUNK. Melbourne, February 14. The Navy Department announces that an Australian transport has been sunk in the English Channel. There are no details. The department is of opinion that the vessel was returning to Australia. NAVAL BASE IN" THE AMAZON. New York, February 13. It is stated that a German naval base and coaling station is operating on an island at the month of the Amazon. [( supplies Germaiy raiders and also has 11 big- wireless plant.