AMERICA.
. AMBASSADOR GERARD ) HONOURED. FOR SERVICES RENDERED. Received 9.35. LONDON, August 22. Ambassador Gerard receives the Grand Cross of the Bath in recognition of his services to British prisoners in Germany. •It is understood that he is the only American to have this decoration bestowed on him. ANGLO-GERMAN PRISONERS. A GERMAN SUBTERFUGE. Received 9.35. LONODN, August 22. A hitch has occurred in the exchange of- Anglo-German prisoners Germany objects to Hull as the port of embarkation. It can only be supposed that the German Government desires to keep up the fiction.-that Southwell is the only route open to the Continent. WHARF FIRE AT BROOKLYN. £250,000 DAMAGE DONE. NEW YORK, August 21. Damage to the extent of £250.000 was caused by a fire on a Brooklyn pier. Spontaneous combustion is believed to have caused an explosion The flames spread to steamers loading for Europe, and the naval gunners threw ammunition overboard.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 23 August 1917, Page 5
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150AMERICA. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 23 August 1917, Page 5
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