A COSTLY HOAX.
VICAR TO PAY £3O. (bt cabj.e—.press association copyright.) (Sydney "St;n" Service.) ' LONDON, January 25. The Rev. J. Karran waa fined £.lO, with £2O costs, for sending the Bishop of Sodor and Man a telegram signed "Baldwin," arranging for a meeting in Liverpool. Karran explained that tie concoeted the wire as a joke to cheer a girl passenger threatened with seasickness. It was intended to suggest that Mr Baldwin wanted to offer the Bishop an English bishopric of which there had been local rumours. [A practical joke played on the Bishop of Sodor and Man caused a sensation in the Isle of Man. The Bishop received'a hoaxing telegram summoning him to the. mainland, which compelled him to abandon a speech in the local Parliament on the Manx Church Assembly Bill. The Rev. J. Karran, vicar at Marathan, confessed that he had instigated the sending of the telegram. The disclosure shocked Church circles.]
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17982, 28 January 1924, Page 11
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154A COSTLY HOAX. Press, Volume LX, Issue 17982, 28 January 1924, Page 11
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