AN ACT OF GRACE
GERMAN CRUISERS’ PLATE RETURNED SCHARNHORST AND LEIPZIG (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 9.5 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. A large part o£ the mess plate o£ the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Leipzig, which was in the possession of the Customs Department in Sydney £or several years, Is being returned to the German Government by the Federal Government, as an act of grace. The plate was left by the Germans for safety at the outbreak of the war at a depot in the Caroline Islands, whence it found its way to Sydney-
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 9
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94AN ACT OF GRACE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 9
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