ON THE HIGH SEAS

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144663, 24 April 1915, Page 3

ON THE HIGH SEAS

AN IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION. NORTH SEA SHIPPING STOPPED. AMSTERDAM; April 22. By official notification, all shipping between Holland and tho United Kingdom is temporarily suspended, but it is hoped shortly to resume limited services. No explanation is forthcoming. GERMAN SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. .VERY POOR RESULT. LONDON, April 23. , For the week ending April 21 arrivals and departures of shipping totalled 1519. One vessel and one fishing boat were sunk. ANOTHER TRAWLER SUNK. (Received April 24 , 8.50 a.m.) LONDON’, April 23. A submarine torpedoed the trawler St. Lawrence, in the North Sea. Two men were drowned. ■ BRITISH NATAL LOSSES. ABOUT 5000 OFFICERS AND MEN. - (Received April 24, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 23. Mr. Asquith, in reply to Mr. E. T. John, stated that between the outset of the war and -(he end of March the naval casualties were:—332 officers killed, 61 wounded, 7 missing, 41 interned, and 11 taken prisoners; 4981 men killed, 640 wounded (of whom 50 were taken prisoners), 72 missing, 1524 interned, 924 taken prisoners '(inclusive of the above wounded). GREEK VESSEL SUNK. (Received April 24, 8.50 a.m.) ATHENS, April 23. A Greek sailing vessel was sunk by a drifting torpedo in the Aegean Sea. Apparently it was from the Dardanelles. -CAPTURE OF A STEAM TRAWLER. (Received April 24, 5.35 a.m.) LONDON. April 23. An Amsterdam message from Berlin states that a submarine captured the British steam trawler Glcnoarg, ' off Aberdeen, and brought her to a German port. THE GERMAN FLEET. CANNOT FIND THE ENEMY. (Received April 24, 9.50, a.m.) BERLIN, April :23. The Admiralty states that the High Sea Fleet has repeatedly been cruising in the North Sea and has advanced into English waters without meeting British warships. DASTARDLY CONDUCT. OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE. (Received April 24, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, April 23. The skipper of the St. Lawrence states that after the submarine fired the crew launched a boat. All were in except two when the submarine ordered the boat to be cut .away. This was done and the two men jumped into tho water, but when tho skipper attempted to pick them up the submarine resumed firing and the boat was compelled to leave the men to bo drowned. Th© submarine eventually blew up- the* trawler.