MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 19 May 1915, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE PHILOMEL'S DOINGS

„ SYDNEY, May 18. Hillyer, a. New Zealander, recently a s«amah on board the Philomel, has ari|^ed at Sydney. He stated that the vessel, after escorting troops to Samoa, formed part .of m convoy to Egypt: hence it was org|red to Mocha, and bombarded the town, administering a lesson the town will not forget. The Philomel sank three dhows suspected of carrying rifles.

The Philomel then went to the Tor quarantine station, and hoisted the British flag and then returned to Port Said. The vessel proceeded along the coast, shelling the Turkish, trenches" and forts. The Philomel and another cruiser attacked a Turkish fort at Jonahcastle, forty miles from Port Said, landing a party, which took the fort. Here Hillyer was wounded, and Knowles, of Lyttelton, was killed.