NAVAL OFFICERS' CANED.
THE "ABYSSINIAN" JOKE." YOUNG BLOODS FOUND OUT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrigkt. London, April 14. The Express states that a uumber of young naval officers have been identified as the authors of the Abyssinian hoax. One iias been compelled' to apologise to the Commander-in-Chief, two of the hoaxers submitted to a canhig, while the fourth, who is ill, and the girl who assisted in the escapade, were pardoned. [The party represented themselves as an Abyssinian prince and suite, and were received on board the Dreadnought with the honours usually accorded! to foreign princes.]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 365, 16 April 1910, Page 5
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94NAVAL OFFICERS' CANED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 365, 16 April 1910, Page 5
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