NEPTUNE’S LAUGHTER
OFFERED AS BRIDE TO PRINCE OF' WALES. .{REUTER’S TELEGRAM.! April 26. The ceremony of crossing the Line was success fully carried out. The Prince of Wales and staff were present, while hundreds of men were .shaved’ and' sent flying into the bath and' duelled’. The Prince of Wales received an address from Father Neptune, in which Neptune offered his daughter in marriage, the daughter being, a green-gowned lad with, a fighting face. The- Prince of Wales replied, declining- the proffered bride in a humorous peem of his own composition. * x
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9997, 28 April 1925, Page 5
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92NEPTUNE’S LAUGHTER Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9997, 28 April 1925, Page 5
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