SIGNALS EPISODE.
:.. A SEQUEL.. REPRIMAND READ. BY TELEGIUrjI—rREfS. ASSOCIATION—COrYRIQIIT. London, November '. 12. Thero has been a sequel to the unusual incident in which. Rear-Admiral Sir Percy Al. Scott played a prominent part. Rear-Admiral Scott ,wa3 ordered to attend on tho flagship, where Lord Charles Boresford, in tho presence of Admirals Constanco and Roloy, read his,- general signal of reprimand— naiiHsJy, that Rear-Admiral Scott'p signal was contemptuous in tone and insubordinate, and must be expunged from tho signal records of tho Good Hopo (RearAdmira! Scott's flagship) and the Roxburgh.When Admiral Lord Boresford signalled to 'paint ship," Rear-Admiral Scott signalled. to tho Roxburgh, which was proceeding to tho firing range: "Paint work appears to be in Krcater demand than gnnnnry, so you had better come, in in' time to look pretty by tin; Stli/ , it
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 43, 14 November 1907, Page 7
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133SIGNALS EPISODE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 43, 14 November 1907, Page 7
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