BRITISH BLOCKADE-RUNNER CAPTURED.
LONDON. January 19. The Japanese have captured the British steamer Kawtry in Tsu-shima Straits. She was carrying provisions aud shipbuilding materials to Vladivostok. (Received 8.28 a.m.) LONDON. January 19. The British steamer seized in the Thushima Straits was the Oakby. She was ' bound from Cardiff to Vladivostok with 5900 tons of coal. ; [The Oakby is a steamer of 1976 tons. • owned by Messrs. Ropner & Co., of West I Hartlepoo!.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 20 January 1905, Page 5
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