BOMB AT SCHOOL CEREMONY.
EXAMINATION BY EXPERTS,
Received June 25, 1.50 p.m. LONDON, June 24
Home Office experts report that there was no high explosive in tho bomb which was found under the platform at St. Bee’s School, -when Lord Lloyd was giving an address. Only black powder was found in it. The officials have not concluded whether it was a hoax and they are uncertain as to whether the powder is harmful.
A message from London on June 20 stated : Explosive experts are examining an infernal machine which two boys found under the platform after Lord Lloyd, late British High Commissioner in Egypt, had distributed the prizes at St. Bee’s School, Cumberland. It was at first thought to be an ill-timed practical joke, but it is now believed that it may have been an attempt on Lord Lloyd’s life. The mechanism of the machine, which was controlled by clockwork, was fitted with a twelvehour dial set for 3.30 o’clock, at whioh time I.ord Lloyd was distributing tho prizes. The special branch of Scotland Yard is guarding Ix>rd Lloyd.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 175, 25 June 1932, Page 8
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