A WHISKY STORY.
A remarkable story was told lat a Masonic banquet the other day, says a correspondent of a London paper. During the campaign in German West Africa a British, officer, who had been severely wounded, was taken prisoner. As a gracious act, his comrades on the British side sent to him, under cover of the while flag, two bottles of whisky, which (hey hoped would prove useful to him.
One can imagine the surprise of the British officers when, some time later,
they saw the prisoner return to camp. He had been released by the Germans purposely to convey to the senders of the whisky the thanks of the German officers. The note stated, in that the officer prisoner had been exchanged for the whisky, the brand of which the Germans had not seen for eighteen months.
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Taihape Daily Times, 17 April 1919, Page 5
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139A WHISKY STORY. Taihape Daily Times, 17 April 1919, Page 5
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