BRITAIN'S ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE SEAS DESTROYED

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13929, 10 July 1917, Page 6

BRITAIN'S ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE SEAS DESTROYED

GERMANY'S SEA POWER NOT: ENHANCED. , ■ :••• •„., >.•• ■ ■ (Av.'.Jali«ni»ndrNew Zealand GaMe. Association.) , i l -'- ; : '.'WASHINGTON, July.-B'. Commander Hidakakinja, Japanese naval e;cpci;t, declares that submarines have, destroyed. Britaiivfeifcplnte tojitp:df the seas, but have not enhanced (Australianand New<Zealand Oable•<aßßOciation.s -'' '■■■■■:■ '.■■■ -•; ; -'v. ; , ■•■ ;7;^|p^i^j u iy;-9 t •;■■•■, .-■ The Navy Office announces tlia^,;lil^^fJ3tEiWpiiipVc^^t^|^-laJUd:':Vraa' severcly'dainaged by an explosipiij beached at Gpljojsland.: Jf sillyingtlie- vessel.„,.;., .•:._-.■ ', .. ; '. '^t.^v;^.- ; The Cumberland (8993 tons) left Sydney for England on Tlmrs.dny. Tim explosions occurred on Friday moruiiig. No lives 'wpi-> lost. : V: - ■■••. ' v ...