SECOND EDITION. THE NORTH SEA CONVOY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1013, 5 November 1917, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. THE NORTH SEA CONVOY.

GERMANS’ MERCILESS BRUTALITY. A NEUTRAL’S STORY. Received November 5, 2.15 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 4. A Norwegian newspaper, the Tidens Tegn, in giving details of tbo sinking of the° convoy in the North Sea on October 17, says that (he German cruisers and torpedoers, advancing down each side, swept the convoys with all guns at a range of loss than 'two hundred yards. . Not content with sinking the ships-, they shelled the lifeboats, every living thing coming in their way being mercilessly slaughtered. The survivors owed their lives to the rough sea making the boats a ditticult mark. , „ ~ . . , After disposing of the British torpedoers, tho Germans cruised backwards and forwards along tbo sinking vessels pouring in a fresh rain of shells at a hundred yards range. COMBING OUT ELIGIBLES. BIG MAJORITY AGAINST STRIKE. Received November 5. 2.15 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 4. The majority against striking over the proposals to comb out eligible?sir. tho South Wales mines is now over 52,000. MINES OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST. A FEASIBLE”THEORY. Received November 5. 2.15 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 5 Mine-sweeping operations are P r^ ecd ~ ing. The authorities believe _ that tho mines were possibly dropped during a vov age between Melbourne and Sydney.