ITALY AND AUSTRALIA.
COAT-OF-ARMS INCIDENT,
(dnttid puss association—by blbctric TELEGBAPH —COPSBIOHT.) ROME, December 27. Special enquiries reveal that so far no official report has been received regarding the Queensland coat-of-arms incident. A representative of the Italian Foreign Office stated that the Government would certainly protest if an official report from its representatives showed that there were grounds for such protest. —Australian Press Association. PROBABLY A CHRISTMAS PRANK. (Received December 28th, 8.50 p.m.) BRISBANE, December 28. The Deputy-Premier has instructed the police to make every effort to try to trace the offender who removed the coat of arms from the Italian Consul's office at Innisfail. He points out that brass plates were removed on the same night from other premises, indicating a Christmas prank. [During the holidays the coat-of-arms in front of the Italian Consulate at Innisfail was removed. Tho ViceConsul described the affair as an insult. He said it was time such occurrences ended, and he looked to the proper authorities to trace the guilty person.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19281229.2.97
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19505, 29 December 1928, Page 13
Word Count
166ITALY AND AUSTRALIA. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19505, 29 December 1928, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in