A MYSTERY RECALLED
(From "The Post's" Representative.) SYDNEY, 12th December. The appointment of Lord Bledisloe as Governor-General of New Zealand and the fact that his family name is Bathurst, have recalled to a writer in one of the Sydney newspapers an interesting, and mysterious romance of the British diplomatic service. Back in the dim past, when Napoleon was strutting the European stage, a young scion of the Bathurst family was recalled to London from his post at the Berlin Embassy. Halting for a change of horses at a border town, ho left the inn for a brief stroll, as evening was coming on. Ho was never seen again. It is an historical mystery to the present day. His wife is said to have spent about half her fortuno in trying to' clear up the mystery. One belief was that Napoleon's Secret Service did away with young Bathurst, because of diplomatic treasures in his possession.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 9
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154A MYSTERY RECALLED Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 9
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