New Zealand's insular position renders Jier dependent on the mercantile marine as a means of communication with the outside world; and it is obvious (says a contemporary) that the loss of the two liners Rotorua and Otaki. of the New Zealand shipping Company's licet is a matter of much concern to tuis country. Ever since the war began the vessels of the various lines trading between the Lnite.l Kingdom and New Zealand have carried on their cargo and passenger services with little or no interruption. It could hardly be expected that tlie ships would Jie absolutely immune from the submarine menace, and every now and then news is received of disaster. Still. New Zealand has been very- fortunate in this respect, and after two and a-half years of submarine warlare we have lost only nine of our ships, ibut one of which (the Rotorua) was a passenger liner.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 156, 2 July 1917, Page 2
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