THE PALLADA SUNK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8092, 18 August 1904, Page 2

THE PALLADA SUNK.

CASUALTIES ON THE ASKOLD. THE CRIEPLED WAB- ",. SHIPS. THE BOORNPB FATE* NEW RUSSIAN LOAIf. THE KAMSCHATKA MASSACRE. ; " - ' (Received August 18, 7.40 a.m.) LONBON z August 17. ' Reports by destroyers convince Admiral Togo that the Pallada wm sank. It is officially announced at Sfc Petersburg that the Askold lost eleven killed and forty-six wounded. Admiral: Trappel haa notified the) yap* anese that any warship at Kiaochau- with* yout lights might be fired upon. He in* formed Admiral Ikadzuki and staff, who visited him, that tbe Russian warships were, bors de combat, their guns having been disabled and their ammunition removed. Titer German warship saluted Admiral Ikadaukl on departing. V ; The Boorrii was stranded on th© rocks r during a fog. The British vessels . wilTy convey her crew* to Hong Kong, whewl they will be landed. ...'. A ukase haa been promulgated directing the issue of a loan of 150,009,000 roubles,, bearing 3 3-5 per cent interest, with a cnr- ■ renoy of four yeara. Russian State Reate bonds will cover the extraordinary war expenditure. The massacre of Japanese at Kamschatka. was exaggerated. A crew of twelve in a boat fetching water, was attacked, and ssven were killed and five wounded, three* ■ fatally. ' v '".' ; 'r