CONVOY SHELLED.
THE RANGITIKI UNDER' FIRE. NEW YORK, November 5. The Mackay Radio received three distress messages in three hours, indicating that a- German raider was attacking a British convoy, including l the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rangitiki (16,698 tons) and the British freighter, Cornish City (4952 tons). A message received at 9.30 a.m. New Zealand time on Wednesday said the convoy was still being. attacked in latitude .52 degrees 45 minutes north and longitude 32 degrees 13 minutes west.
... ■. r ~ - •• - NO CHILDREN ON BOARD. * "• ' ( (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 6. _ It is officially stated that the Rangitiki, which, according to American reports, was shelled in the North Atlantic, is not carrying children under tho overseas reception scheme.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 23, 7 November 1940, Page 5
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