AN AMUSING TALE.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, last night. A correspondent of the Press, who vouches for the correctness of the story, slates that two friends of his, a lady and gentleman, recently got into the train at Culverdon on their way to Christchurch. Two foreign-looking gentlemen were the only other occupants of the carriage. The lady and gentleman, who are German scholars, heard their fellow-travellers say to each other in German, “ Oh, no, they won’t understand us.” They then produced maps and plans, and hecamo engrossed in them, making audible remarks. The maps evidently referred more particularly to that part of the coast where the Waiau river flows into the sea. The men were explaining to each other how a large body of troops could be landed in safety, and with the utmost privacy ; how the troopship could lie out of sight of the land during the day, and run in and land what' ever was necessary at night. It is suggested that the men are German spies.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 403, 30 April 1902, Page 3
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