LONDON STILL AWAITING NEWS FROM NORTH SEA.
FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY DENIES ' RUMOURS. ' , London, August 9. Intense anxiety exists for definite news from the North Sea. ' Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, declared to-day that there had been no British loss, except the Amphion, and no fighting, except at the sinking of the mine-layer Koenigeil Luise. Prior to this official announcement, some newspapers republished the story of a great naval battle and the sinking of nineteen German warships. '
Mr, Reginald McKenna, Home Secretary, strongly protested in the House of Commons against the publication of false news to promote circulation.
THE ELUSIVE GERMAN CRUISERS:
OFFICERS AND CREWS LEFT THEIR WILLS AT MESSINA.
Rome, August 9. The officers and crews of the German warships Goeben and Breslau left their wills and property with the German Consulate at Messina.
The crews "dressed" the vessels, and both bands playing the German National Anthem, proceeded to sea. There are 1100 men aboard the Goeben.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15684, 11 August 1914, Page 8
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161LONDON STILL AWAITING NEWS FROM NORTH SEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15684, 11 August 1914, Page 8
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