SUBMARINE SUNK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13899, 24 January 1916, Page 4

SUBMARINE SUNK.

'** '*■ "V^ — '* -' m - _■• UNION STEAMER ENGAGED. is£o_*T) SHOT HITS MARK. An; ofßcgr pn oiie of the Union- Steam Ship'Gbtripariy'R steamers, well knoAvn m the. Soutli 'lsland coastal trade, and now operating m the war zone, Writing to liis wife inMWellington, says: — "We had quite, an, interesting time coming back from 'Meios. and the -.has the honor of getting the first submarine m the Mediterranean. We sighted the submarine, about a mile astern of us. Our firsfisbbi- went just, over him, but before . )]c coujdifiet dowp again we bad another ,nis ori-:.fc> . .bi.m, aiid saw a cloud of .' smok^Ctyiie up. and that was all of the •~'ilHpa*"ine,,_ We nearly., got another,, but . he. hirfnaged: ioget clowj\ before Aye could gC"Loii9...tp ' liiriif , Our guiis. are fine.. pat: „ teriijßvt f&Hi^ ?fub^ririi'.ines are very . shy of ii . ship -with- guns mounted.; We arc . proving OurseH-es such -a. useful .ship that '. tjieve is .v&ry little, chance qf oiir getting off .this 'llne.ifoiu«)ine« time ; to come."