BRITISH NAVY’S BLOCKADE

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1939, Page 7

BRITISH NAVY’S BLOCKADE

BLOCKADING WARSHIP. HOLDS UP IRON CARGO. (Received September 5, 11.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, September 5. A British warship held up, and searched the freighter- Groenlo, which was carrying iron pre from Bilbao to Rotterdam. ■ - - • No Major Operations SEARCH FOR CONTRABAND. *; LONDON, September The Admiraliv has announced naval activity is continuing on all seas, but so far there have not been any:majdr operations to report. . The Navy. is.fully mobilised and at its war stations in full strength, supplemented by a number of fulljLcpinmissioned, armed merchant ships as auxiliary cruisers. , The Admiralty, profiting. by past, experience,- .has: already taken certain measures ■ which were only , slowly developing//'dufin'g the last war. Among these is the. rgintroduction of the convoy system for merchant shipping to assist the. merr chant navy in its vital duty of ensuring the overseas traffic of the British Commonwealth and its allies. The Admiralty announces that/all British merchant vessels are liable to examination by the British naval Contraband and control service. .British ships coming tinder any of ing categories will not normally be Retained o n interception longer than js necessary to establish their identity: Ships on Government charter; -ships bound direct for British ./ ports and which will dischargeall their cargo anj passengers in. suchq port; ships whose last port of call was British or Allied and which : have -a special war clearance ffom .it. Other British ships may, on, interception on certain routes, be required to put into a contraband, control base for a more detailed examination.

Mines in Baltic TWO VESSELS BLOWNf UR. COPENHAGEN, September 4. : An unknown Danish cutter was blown up, presumably by a mine. The Greek steamer Kdsti, from Antwerp to Leningrad, struck a mine. Twenty-nine persons were aboard. There were no casualties. All were taken to Malmo. . . The captain said: We saw. a German mine-layer, but did not see warning signals. ’ • Danish Town Bombed BLOCK OF FLATS DESTROYED. . (Received September 5, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. The Copenhagen corresondent of the British United Press says:—An unidentified ’plane dropped four bombs on Esbjerg, in Denmark. The bombs demolished a three-storey block of flats, and killed two inmates, and , also injured three children.

DISORDERS IN GERMAN CITIES. FRENCH RADIO REPORT. (Received September 5, 11.5 p;m.). PARIS, September, 5. The French radio refers to there being indications of serious disorders during the past few days in several German cities, including Stuttgart and Munich.