BRITAIN TAKES CONTROL OF RAILWAYS.
COMMANDEERS TURKISH AND CHILIAN WARSHIPS. LONDON, August 5. Tbe Government lias taken over the control Nof the railways to ensure the movement of troops, stores, and food. The Admiralty has taken over the two battleships ordered by Turkey, and the two destroyers ordered by Chili. The former have been renamed Agincourt and Erin, and the latter Faulkner and Broke.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 186, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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