COMEDY OF ERRORS
DOCKERS MISTAKE DISINFECTANTS FOR MUNITIONS. (Rec. September 7, 8.45 p.m.) London, September 7. There was a, comedy of errors at Bootle, airing to thq dockers mistaking- disinfectants for munitions. They refused to load fumigating machines marked O.H.M.S. and labelled Danzig. Tlius a ship was hokl up. When Bootle proudly informed the Council of Action what had been done, tho council telegraphed an instruction to removo the embargo, saying the fumigating machines were only to destroy vermin and prevent ty-phoid.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 296, 8 September 1920, Page 7
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84COMEDY OF ERRORS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 296, 8 September 1920, Page 7
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