ON THE SEAS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13664, 5 September 1916, Page 3

ON THE SEAS.

BRITAIN'S SURE SHIELD. (PEEPS INTO NAVAL DOCKYARDS. NEYf NAVY IN THE MAKING, '(Australian nnd N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, September .'I. Jfi' Alfred Noyes, in 'his fourth aiticlc in the Daily Chronicle describes a visit to the Clyde. 'Mr Noyes says: AVe saw a ratine of a' hundred ships in forest-like, yards. Here lay. the slipway in which .tlic Lusitaiiia was born, anil all around • the cradles of'her avengers stretching mile after mile. England lost eight destroyera in the Jutland battle and I saw'a shipyard whence that same week tlicv launched fifteen destroyers. 1 saw brood after brood of ships' in yard after yard ready to follow. No sooner was one launched than another was laid down. England is not taking any risks to keep cimiinarid of the sea. If she lost half Jier Pleet io-morrow, she would still lwvc a.(loot as largo as she started the war with, and manv more to follow. Never was building like this in the history of. tho-world, I saw, ncaring completion ill this one cradle, a Heft of destroyers, a licet of submarines, and a fleet of battle cruisers which would have constituted a formidable navy for any country. There are certain mystery ships also, of a new type, around which screens are built against inquisitive eves. 1 saw several",submarines larger than any hitherto built, mid battle-cruisers yhicli will outstrip any ship in the world, and considerably larger than any battleships in existence,

Mr Noyes deplores the attention fociiif.oii.'nn the so-called labour troubles on tiiy Clyde and points out that work goes on in long shifts unceasingly.

UNDERWATER WAR IN THE NORTH SEA. OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES. .(Australian and 1f.55. Cable Association.)* COPENHAGEN, September 2.' A German submarine lias been sunk, oft' Bomlerburg. Several of the crew were killed. ■ Swedish captains' report that the Germans are imitating in the Baltic, Sea the British 'a'nti-subniarine... methods of the NoTfh Sea'."" '" '•*'• " GERMAN SHIPS CONFISCATED. ITALIANS TAKE THIETY-FTVE VESSELS. ■ '(Australian and N.Z: Cabin Association.) ROME, Sciitembcr '>. . Italy has now confiscated 'Ao interned German steamers of an aggregate tonnage of, 142,000.

GERMANS Iff THE BALTIC, | '._.£! DANIfM STEAMER SEIZED. V • i ("toiler's Telegrams.") LONDON, September 3. . \ A German torpedo boat seized the Danish steamer Axel in the Baltic. .'. j'jiiMi HITTINO GERMANY'S TRADE. ' : BRITISH PURCHASE OP \ NORWEGIAN SHIPS. "' (AiiilMllmi H nd J!J!.'t!ahU Asmeirttmi.) .' NEW YORK, September 3. I io Berlin correspondent of the New vork. runes says: There is resentment' iii t-crmany owing | n a . rpport +hfltl •Norwegian .sliipowners have closed a Mntract to-place at the immediate.'di-i-' posal of the British Government fifty steamers of a tonnage of Ifih.'oob. It/iV Itol'oved that the contract is for a year, find the rate four to live shillings ahead of the current rates. Germany-sop* j„ this pnrfhase-'an-other move, h, Britain's economic war.'