Wednesday, August 28, 1912

Rain

Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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Map Unavailable
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H.H. Asquith

No correspondence or official record found.

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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1912-08-28

Top News

Daily Edition

Russian explorer Georgy Brusilov began a disastrous expedition to find the Northern Sea Route; the ship would become trapped in ice.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

HG
Hugh Godley

"I wonder if you are in Venice; I suppose anything less like being in Venice than being here has seldom if ever been imagined. It has been raining very heavily... The Insurance Act is hated here with a surprisingly catholic hatred... The only thing which consoles the people here is that they none of them seem to think it has the smallest chance of passing."