ENGLAND'S EMPIRE DAY.
LONDON. ,May 23. The celebration of Empire Day on June 11 will be mainly of a devotional character, because of' the war. A children's service is to be held m St. Paul's Cathedral. ' " EIGHT GERMAN DIVERS DESTROYED BY BRITISH. PARIS, May 1. Eight German submarines have been destroyed by British mines and- •■traps m the. English Channel. , This series of triumphs has occurred within the -week/ since, April 22, . wh;;n tho British Admiralty by official ord?-r suspended all trade and passenger traffic, with the Netherlands. The German craft were decoyed to their doom by the retirement "of l-Jie British fleet from tho North Sea, into the Channel: This plan to trap the German undersea boats was the real cause for the suspension of sea intercourse with the Dutch ports. It was anounced from London last night that trade between England an.i Holland may now be resumed. Passenger traffic, however, will not be permitted until further orders from the Brit-' ish Admiralty.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13700, 2 June 1915, Page 4
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164ENGLAND'S EMPIRE DAY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13700, 2 June 1915, Page 4
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