RAILWAY OFFICIALS HOAXED.
SPECIAL CARRIAGE FOR PRINCE OF WALES. DISILLUSIONED BY SCOTLAND YARD. BY CARLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —«. OPY RIGHT. LONDON, Feb. 4. An astonishing hoax, in which the Prince of Wales’ name was used, was played on the railway officials of ’Waterloo Station this af tern con. They received a telephone instruction that the Prince of Wales intended'to travel to Bournemouth, and requested that a special carriage should be attached to the ordinary train for the use of the Prince and suite.
This was immediately done, and a number of high officials gathered at the station to receive the Prince. When no Prince arrived the train was delayed to the utmost limit. Finally a message from Scotland Yard revealed a barefaced hoax.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 February 1926, Page 9
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121RAILWAY OFFICIALS HOAXED. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 February 1926, Page 9
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