ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1918, Page 7

ON THE SEA.

■AMERICA'S MERCHANT MARINE. 25,000,000 TONS BY END OF 1920. Received June 12, 2.40 p.m. New York, June 15. Mr. Hurley, frcretary for the Navy, in a speech stated that the Shipping Board controls 1400 ships, with a tonnage of seven million. It is expected that by the end of 1920 America will have a merchant marina of 25 million deadweight tons. The fleet involves an expenditure of five billion dollars. A tremendous development of the world'strade, including that between America, and Australia and the Fax East, is expected.—(Press Assoc. SUBMARINED IN MEDITERRANEAN., Received June 12, 2.55 pjn. Washington, June 11. The steamer I'atria has landed twelve members of the crew of the steamer New Sweden, submarined and sunk in the Mediterranean.—Press Assoc. SEAMEN'S CONFERENCE. Received June 12, 2.40 p.m. ' Copenhagen, Juno 11. The International Seamen's Congress, consisting of delegates from the Allies and the Scandinavian countries, have elected Mr. Havelock Wilson, M.P., president. It has been decided that the ■Federation's headquarters shall be in London after the war.—Press Assoc. U-BOAT CAMPAIGN OFF AMERICA. New York, June 11. A trans-Atlantic liner sank a U-boat •with a depth charge in European waters and also hit the conning tower of another. Captain MacKenzie and sixteen of the crew of the Pinar-del-Rio fought rough for twelve hours without food or water in a small leaking boat, which when picked up was in a sinking condition, with its gunwales nearly level with the water. The last flare attracted the attention of the rescuers.—Aus. N.Z. Caible Assoc. U-BOAT MOTHER-SHIP Received Juno 12, 2.45 p.m. New York ; June 11. The survivors of the Pinar-del-Rio state that a U-boat signalled its mothership: "Follow me." Then both hastened away. The mother-sliip has a single funnel amidships, and the submarine has two six-inch guns. —Itress Assoc.