HIGHLANDER PIPERS
SCARE A CONFERENCE SIR lAN HAMILTON’S STORY.- ~ General Sir lan Hamilton told story at Aberdeen of how the Gordon; Highlanders’ pipers scared the dele-j gates at a World Economic Conference! banquet, and were thanked by Mr Ranw! say MacDonald for their services. ! Sir lan, who was presiding at thej opening of the Gordons’ new barracks! at the Bridge of Don, said that the] 500 delegates were dining in London] when, without warning, the Gordons] suddenly , entered and marched rouncti the banqueting hall playing ‘ Cock erf the North.’ , For a moment the delegates weraj terror-stricken, thinking that massacre; was about to commence, and in . thaT profound relief of discovering that this] was an entertainment became so amew able to the arguments of the Prime Minister that Mr MacDonald wrota! their colonel a letter praising the for the excellent service they had ren-» dcrod.
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Evening Star, Issue 22194, 23 November 1935, Page 5
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