Ships and Shipping.
ANOTHER VESSEL SUNK.
REPRISALS ON NORWAY.
(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sunday, 6.55 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 27. The ten-thousand tonner Rowanmore dias been sunk and the captain taken prisoner. A German afflcial note announces that all captains of. captured enemy fcierchantment will bo treated as prisoners, the allegation being that the Governments have instructed them to carry on espionage. Norway has lost 2<55,000 merchant tonnage 'owing to the war. to the insured value of 103,000,0(10 kroner, (and U!> sailors have been lost. < " As a preliminary reprisal against Norway, Germany has decided not to export metal plates through Holland without a guarantee that Holland will a:,t use German material to repair Norwegian ships.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19161030.2.24
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13537, 30 October 1916, Page 5
Word Count
116Ships and Shipping. Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13537, 30 October 1916, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in