ANXIOUS TO FIGHT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1942, Page 3

ANXIOUS TO FIGHT

MEN OF FRENCH ISLANDS. CONTINGENT REACHES HALIFAX. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) OTTAWA, March 17. One hundred and seventeen sailors and six girls have arrived in Halifax from the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon en route to' join the Free French forces. This batch of recruits is said to be only the first contingent of a steady stream of islanders who are anxious to go out and prove their allegiance to the cause of Free France and her allies. The diplomatic status of the islands still remains obscure in spite of the plebiscite, which showed that the islanders were almost unanimously opposed to the Vichy regime.

AMERICAN SUBMARINE

OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST. IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18. The Navy Department announces that the American submarine Shark is overdue- in the Western Pacific and is presumed to be lost. The submarine Sea Lion was so damaged at Cavite that her demolition was necessary, to prevent her use by the enemy. An old destroyer, the Stewart, was demolished at Surabaya for a similar reason. In both demolition cases there were no casualties among the personnel.