THE HAMPSHIRE.
A .MINE RESPONSIBLI
LONDON, June 22.
In the House of Commons, the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Dr Macnamara) said that the Hampshire inquiry had been held, end there would not be a court-martial. Sir John Jellicoe, lie added, considered that it had been established that the warship had .struck a mine.
Asked -whether a vessel flying the Dutch flag had been seen on the spot immediately before the disaster, possibly laying
mines, Dr Macnamara replied that he had no information on the matter. LORD KITCHENER'S DEATH. AMSTERDAM, Juno 23. A song of hatred on Lord Kitchener's death was circulated in Germany. It was sung at a music-hall at Chemnitz.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3250, 28 June 1916, Page 23
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