RECENT UNCOUTH "JOKE."
■ : 1 — : ' THE MESSAGE IN THE BOTTLE. With regard to - the'message alleged < to have como from the Duco and picked up on the beach.'at Southbridge-re- | ceutly, the Marine Department. states that, on perusal-of the vessel's'articles of i.agreemonty it was found, that "there was no mail of the name of Peterson on. board the! steamer when she left AVellington for the Chatham Islands. The , message, whicli was: written on V Duuedin. Jockey Club's "card for February 26, is at present in' Wei- , lington.' Reference to the calendar shows that February 26, 1910, was five months after the.D.uco left Wellington. In the faco of these facts it seems as if.,. the tiling originated from Dunedin, and the Department wish, this information to be tal;c*n as.final proof' 'that "the whole affair is a hoax. -
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 4
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133RECENT UNCOUTH "JOKE." Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 4
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