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[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] JUDICIAL ENQUIRY. (Received This Day at 12.25. p.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. At the enquiry into the continued detention of tho interned Irish, the Judge j refused to issue a writ for Habeas Corpus for the releaso of the prisoners. The hearing of evidence has commenced. POSTAL CHANGES. (Received This Dav at 12.25. (*.?•• > MELBOURNE, August 20. Government is discussing the abolition of penny postage ,and the increasing of rates similar to those adopted by the British Government. It is anticipated that as a result, * the increase of the postal revenue will he j half a million annually. H.M.S. DRAKE SUNK. j 19 OF CREW LOST. (Received Tins D>v ni I’“' MELBOURNE. This Day. It is announced that the Battleship Drake, the last flagship on the Aus- , tralian station, has been sunk by a | torpedo from a German submarine. I Nineteen of the crew were killed. j [H.M.S. Drake is a cruiser mul a sister j ship to the Good Hope, sunk in the Coronel Battle in November, 1911., was of 14,000 tons displacement and 21,000 horsepower, and had a speed of 24 knots. Her main armament consisted of 2 9.2 in. and 10 6 inch guns. She was a flagship on the Australian station for several years, | and was built in 1898-99. j
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1918, Page 3
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