Sunday, April 9, 1916
Sunny
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Sutton Courtenay
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Venetia Stanley
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Official Register
1916-04-09Top News
Daily Edition
Members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launched three lifeboats to cross open water after the sinking of the Endurance.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"I spent the morning with Gwendoline in the garden... Her mind is a perfect treat... Eddie very dear and ‘as you were’, sadly bereaved, but bravely cheerful."
Lord Riddell
"L. G. says Bethmann-Hollweg's speech is most important. It discloses for the first time German plans of territorial settlement after the war."