SHIPPING LOSSES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12065, 21 July 1917, Page 9

SHIPPING LOSSES.

THE WEEK'S RESULTS. Australian and Ts.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 21, 2.10 p.m.} PARIS. July 20. For the week ended July 15, tho shipping returns weie: — Arrival i • • • < Sailing.-, . • • 1029 j Tho sinkings were three above and ; two below 1600 tons. Four boats were | unsuccessfully" attacked. j I i ' SOME INTERESTING FIGURES, j " I CALLS TO AMERICA. Bcuter's Telegrams. (Received Julv 21. 2.10 P.m.) NEW YORK, July 20. Leading New York and Washington papers are publishing semi-official coblegrams from London emphasising the ; submanno Menace and calling for more j American warships and tubmnrine j chasers in British waters. It i<s stated i ihat tho British Navy \9 now stretched j to her full capacity. The shipping i losses by U boats for tho first six j months of the present year total three j and a half million tons, and will exceed j ! seven million tons for tho year if the! ] present rata continues. The losses from \ the beginning of tho war until tho pre- j Ptnt month wero seven and a half mil- j lion tons. To tho year new ; construction kept pace with the losses, j and new ships arc now launched at the rato of one and a half million tons au- J nually j