THE WAE ON THE PIRATES
STEADY PROGRESS STRIKINGLY i DEMONSTRATED i CUTTING BOTH WAYS (Rec. December 21, 0.20 a.m.) : London, December 19. \ The Press Bureau publishes an oIH- ,' cial diagram which shows that tho Brit- ] ish, Allied, and neutral tonnage sunk > by submarines has steadily declined ' since June, until tho sinkings from ; September to December ]2 were lower than those for the March quar- : ter Another diagram indicates a. : steady rise in the number of German submarines sunk, tho total since September being nearly double +he total ; for tho March, quarter.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.
MERCHANT CONVOYS GENERAL RESULT OF SYSTEM SATISFACTORY. London, December 19. In the House of Commons. Sir Leo Chiozwi Money (Parliamentary Secretary to tho Shipping Controller) said that tho general result of the convoy system was a groat diminution in losses. Only two per cent, of homeward cargoes" was lost in November.— Reutcr.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 75, 21 December 1917, Page 5
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