A Russian sailor, a deserter from a snip, recently gave himself up to .a crew of llritish seamen on the .Guano Island of Leone, saying that Jie desired to renounce his allegiance to the C/.ar and to 'become u subject of King Edward. The Jiritish sailors were puzzled how to naturalise the man, so they held a consultation on the subject. Finally, after the Russian had adjured his country, every British tar present threw a bucket of water over him, and thus his nationality was washed oS,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 57, 11 March 1904, Page 3
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87Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 57, 11 March 1904, Page 3
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