ON THE SEAS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 4

ON THE SEAS.

EMBAEGO ON SWEDISH TRADE, CALMER FEELING PREVAILS. (Per Cable—Press Assouintion—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z, Cubic Association.) COPENirAGEN, August 20, The excitement in Sweden over the British prohibition of exports has calmed in consequence of the '{Swedish Foreign Office pointing out that, the it- . strietioiis arc not as severe as was at first supposed, The criticisms in the British newspapers are regarded as in- / diedting liervournes's in England. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWEDEN. pacific blockade. I , ("Hculer's Telecoms.'') ! LONDON'.* August .IS. The. King has signed fin* Order-in- . Council prohibiting exports fo iSivedeii except under guarantee that they will _ not reach the enemy. ( CHILIAN PROTEST, J BLACK LIST JMiSEXTKD. (Australian ami X.Z. C'/iWc .Usocialion). NEW YORK, August IS. The Chilian Government, lias formally ' announced that it has taken steps to . restrict the English black list of GerMnan trading linns, but no details are given. NORWAY REGULATES FISH EXPORT. I (Australian and JT.Z. CoMa Association.) COPENHAGEN, August 1!). Norway has prohibited the export of ( fish. She will grant licenses to Great ' Britain and Germany, but will regulate them jointly by the quantities of coal, petrol, oil; etc., given to the Norwegian fishing boats in return, SWEDISH STEAMER'S FATE. . GERMAN INFERNAL MACHINE, (Australian and N,Z, Cable Association,) COPENHAGEN', August IS. i The captain of the Swedish stea'ner Ragnarck, which was blown up in the North Sea, when on the way to Rouen with a cargo of iron, declares that the , Germans at Gothenburg smuggled! an infernal machine aboard. ■ ■ , ' —_ i COPRA FOR AMERICA. H ALL RESTRICTIONS REMOVED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, August 19. Mr Lansing has officially notified tftat ; Great Britain has removed all restrictions from the shipment of copra from British possesions to the United States. ' GERMAN GRAIN FRAUDS. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Assooiation.) AMSTERDAM, August 18. The arrests in connection with the ' Prussian grain frauds include high of- ' flcials' of the Imperial Wheat Office at, • Tuchel (Prussia). v THE BRITISH CENSORSHIP, f. ■ REPLY TO AMERICA .' f (Auitrilian and N.Z. Cable Association). ' " WASHINGTON, August 18. , The British Embassy empbaticall.y de- • nies that the censorship was used to obtain secrets and English air charts.