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RAILWAY OFFICIALS HOAXED [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Friday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 4. An astonishing hoax, in which the Prince of Wales’ name was used, was played on southern railway officials at Waterloo station this afternoon. 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 an ordinary train for the use of the Prince and his 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 the barefaced hoax.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 9
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