SHIP STOPPED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23037, 14 May 1938, Page 16

SHIP STOPPED

BRITISH JFREIGHTER DESTROYER ACTS SUSPECTED CONTRABAND TAKEN TO GIBRALTAR By Telegraph—Press Associat-ion —'Copyright (Received May 13, 8.35 p.m.) LONDON, -May 13 As the result of information from the Non-Intervention Board, the British destroyer Hyperion stopped the London steamer Stancroft on the high seas between Barcelona and Valencia and escorted her to Gibraltar, where her cargo iB to be examined to-day, says the Gibraltar correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. It is alleged the Stancroft was carrying arms to Spain. Her master, Captain Scott, was one of those who cabled to Mr. Lloyd George from Spain protesting because tho British Government took no action against the rebels following the air raid on Barcelona on April 30, when, thoy asserted, all the bombs fell close to the British vessels then in the port. The Stancroft, a steamer of 1407 tons, is one of a fleet owned by the Stanhope Steamship Company, Limited, of London, and trading to Spanish ports Several of the company's vessels, including the Stanlake, Stanbrook and Stanhope, have suffered damage and in some cases injuries to the crews •during tho bombing of Barcelona and Valencia. In the House of Commons two ■days ago the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler, said the British Government had been forced to the conclusion that the bombing of the Stanhope at Valencia on May 7 had been' deliberate. FURTHER BOMBING BARCELONA HARBOTJB TWO BRITISH SHIPS DAMAGED SEAMAN AND BOY WOUNDED (Received May 13, 5.30 p.m.) BARCELONA. May 13 General Franco's aeroplanes again bombed the port of Barcelona to-day, damaging two British ships—the Zelo, of 2294 tons, owned by the Pelton 'Steamship Company, Limited, of New•castle, and the African Mariner. Bomb splinters caused wounds to a seaman, William Tregear, and a galley The rebels, in air raids yesterday, killed 46 people and wounded 48. One hundred bombs, which were dropped on Valencia, caused 22 deaths, while ;80 persons were injured. FRANCO MOVE FAILS ORE SUPPLIES WITHHELD FRENCH MARKET NOW LOST f LONDON, May 3 General Franco has cut off his nose for spite, and the Rio Tinto Company the part of his face spited, Sir Geddes, chairman, told shareholders of the company. General Franco, said Sir Auckland, pyrites from France and Czechoslovakia, hoping to force their Governments to change their policies, the idea being that in a few wteks they ■would be short of sulphuric acid, an important element in high-explosives, !and be compelled to come to terms with tim. Actually, they had not been seriously inconvenienced, and the Rio Tinto mines iad lost their markets.