KITCHENER'S DEATH.
LACK OF SECRECY. B.i Vablf.—Pnt* AtKvriaHoii.—Ci-wrii/ht. MELBOURNE, August 17. Mr P. W. Tewkesbury has returned from :i trip abroad. He states j that while he was in London two days before Lord Kitchener was j drowned, he was in the same hospital as Lord Kitchener's valet. The hitter told him the number of pcr- . sons going to Russia with Lord Kitchener. Mr Tewkesbury s;iid he I -w;is surprised and shocked at the > want of secrecy about Lord ! Kitchener's movements. It was generally rumoured in London that the Arabic was carrying a large quantity of bullion, and it was subsequently contended that this was the reason why she was torpedoed.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 787, 18 August 1916, Page 7
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111KITCHENER'S DEATH. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 787, 18 August 1916, Page 7
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