BRITISH SHIP

Grey River Argus, 18 April 1940, Page 7

BRITISH SHIP

; NARROW ESCAPE AT NARVIK. ■ Official Wireless]. (Received April 17, 5.5 p.m.> p? A-jt RUGBY, April 16. A l ,.narrow escape on. the. part of a British) vessel. the Nyanza, of 4974 tons, from being trapped at Narvik, shortly.(after the- Germans had taken possession ; .ojf ( , the port was revealed yvhen the Nyanza reached a northeast coast port on Tuesday. The Nyanza dropped anchor in Narvik Harbour a few hours after the port fell, into German hands, but the crew were unaware of the fact until they ■received a message from another British vessel, the North Devon, of 3658 tons, which passed them as sne was making for‘the open sea at full speed. The Nyanza immediately followed, at full speed herself, while German aeroplanes circled overhead, but they dropped no bombs. GOLD j HOLDINGS. LONDON, April 16. Fir J. Simon, in the Commons, stated that according to latest returns, the gold holdings of the National Banks of Denmark and Norway amounted to thirteen and eighteen or nineteen million pounds, respectively. Sir J. Simon was unable to say, whether the Germans, had seized any part of these holdings, or what part was being held outside their own i countries at the time of the inva-; sion.