BURNED ON MARIPOSA
UNITED STATES FLAG ACTION BY A PASSENGER FORMAL PROTEST LODGED HONOLULU, Feb. 16 A formal protest was lodged to-day vrith the United States Government by the officers and crew of the liner Mariposa. It is revealed that a round-trip passenger, Mr. G. Annesley, at a function on the vessel last night deliberately set fire to an American flag. The crew protested to the captain, and thereupon Mr. Annesley was confined to his state-room. Australian and New Zealand passengers apologised to the captain and Mr. Annesley to-day also apologised to him. Mr. Annesley is a landowner of Irish extraction, who resides in London.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23275, 18 February 1939, Page 13
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105BURNED ON MARIPOSA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23275, 18 February 1939, Page 13
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