MUSEUM BOMB HOAX.
NO INDIAN INVOLVED.
ENGLISHMAN FINED
British Wireless. RUGBY. Feb. 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. J. RClynes, the Home Secretary, was questioned regarding the recent discovery of a so-called bomb in the Indian room of the British Museum.
Mr. Clynes said it was a mischievous hoax, and no person of Indian origin was involved. He referred to the prosecution of a young Englishman, who pleaded guilty to a charge of placing the bogus bomb in the museum and was fined £2O and £5 5s costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20496, 22 February 1930, Page 11
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