HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE.
WELLINGTON, June 7. The High Commissioner reports from London, under date June 6, 2 p.m.: " The Admiralty announces that the 'Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet reports that his Majesty's ship Hampshire, with Lord Kitchener and staff -on board, was sunk last night "west of the Orkneys either by mine or torpedo. Four boats were seen by ob-
servers to leave the ship with heavy
seas running. Only bodies and a capv sized boat have been found up to the There is little hope of any survivors. ''The Hampshire was on her way to Russia.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 7 June 1916, Page 5
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97HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 7 June 1916, Page 5
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