GERMANY'S PIRACY.
SECOND REUEF SHIP SUNK. SUNK WITH ALL ABOARD. ALL SAILINGS STOPPED. 26,000 TONS OF FOOD HELD UP. (Australian and -X.Z. Cable Association.) j (Received 11.20 a.m.) LONDON", February 8. The Belgian relief ship Euphrates Belgian vessel of 2,809 tons) has been sunk. There are no survivors. The Belgian Relief Commission has now held up all relief ships. Twenty per cent of the food supplied to the invaded areas of Belgium and France was im- ' ported from England, and eight relief ships, with 26,000 tons of food aboard, are detained in British ports. % MORE SINKINGS. (Received 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, February 8. The British steamers Explorer (7,606 tons) and Corsican Prince (2,776 tons) have been sunk.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 9 February 1917, Page 6
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