STRANGE CEREMONY
INSPECTION OP NAVY UNITS,
BECOMES ADVERTISING “STUNT,”
{Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, February 7.
Comment has been occasioned by the Australian Navy, for the first time in history, becoming party to what is generally described as a newspaper advertising “stunt.” The official inspection by the Australian High Commissioner, Sir ■ Granville Eyrie, of the submarines Oxley and Otway at Portsmouth, arranged for today, was converted into a semiprivate publicity parade, at Ivhieh two silk ensigns, not provided through the Usual channels, were presented to the ships. Thus,' what should have been a distinctive Commonwealth ceremony, became a distinctly strange event, humorously reminiscent of “H.MS. Pinafore.” —A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 8 February 1928, Page 5
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108STRANGE CEREMONY Northern Advocate, 8 February 1928, Page 5
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