Thursday, September 30, 1915

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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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H.H. Asquith
HIS DAYSpeaking in the House of Commons (Postal and Telegraph Rates)
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1915-09-30

Top News

Daily Edition

The French destroyer Branlebas struck a mine and sank in the North Sea.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: War Office Certificates Of Death, Compulsory Service, Local Authorities Elections, German Manufacturers Access To Foreign, Import Duties, Old Age Pensions Ireland

Witness Observations

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"Coming out of the War Office just before lunch I met Lord Kitchener, who button-holed me on the stairs and took me back to his room. For hour he poured out his griefs to me..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Lady Frederick Cavendish, who arrived yester- day, distinguished herself at lunch. ... Suddenly, I heard her say in a loud voice: 'Have the Asquiths gone?'"