ADMIRALY RED TAPE.
When the troop ship Serapis left Bom- , bay, the Duchess of Connaught ontrusted a favorite cat to a sergeant of the Royal Artillery for conveyance to England. The cat appears to have been in a delicete state of health—so the story goes—and, before arriving in England, a litter of kittens was born. On reaching Ports* mouth, the sergeant was allowed to take away the cat; but the authorities of the ship dt dined to part with the kittens for . wjiich the ship's company had a super. Btitious regard. Only fine cat, they con* - tended, had been embarked, and they had no power to discharge any more. $t is stated that a bulky correspondence has already !aken place on the subject, and that the difficulty is as far off as ever from being settled. In the event of a child having been born on a ship, would the authorities, asks a facetious contemporary, have insisted upon their right to retain
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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5173, 15 August 1885, Page 4
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162ADMIRALY RED TAPE. Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5173, 15 August 1885, Page 4
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