THE CONVOY SYSTEM
CIRCUMVENTING THE SUBMARINES ONLY ONE AND A HALF PER CENT, OF LOSSES London, January 6. Sir Leo Chiozza Money, Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller, in an interview with a representative of the "Pall Mall Oazotte,"' said that the convoy system was pi oving a magnificent success in circumventing the submarines. Of 186 home j ward-bound convoys, comprising 2430 ships with'l7J million tons rf cargo, the losses had been only li per cent. — Aijs.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ japaneseTessels SALES AND CHARTERS TO FOREIGNERS PROHIBITED. Washington, January 6. Advices from Tokio state that the Japanese Government has notified the Entente that Japan will temporarily prohibit sales and charters of Japanese vessels to foreigners, because of the scarcity of ships—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 89, 8 January 1918, Page 7
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