THE NAVY.
TROUBLE ON THE GIBRALTAR
ACT OF SHEER BRAVADO
Press A«tociation-Bv Telegraph-Copyright SYDNEY. Sept. 26.
H.M.S. Gibraltar has arrived. The trouble about, the gun sights was the result of a malicious act of one of the seamen who confessed to it, Th*» Gibraltar had left Aden, and was steaming down the Arabian Sea in a strong monsoon, when one night the gun sights were found to be missing, it wa*» not till after th«» Gibraltar left Colombo that tlu* culprit was traced. He now a waif* a court-martial here. Tho story about the general disaffection wst, due to an exaggerated *tory eirculated by. the Colombo Ptvss. AH leave and privilege's, from the captain down, wer«s stopped at Colombo, and the canteen w.-ws closed, so that the crew became very thirsty. Ah the rvsratt of cue man's action the damage amounted to £SOO. It was an act of sheer bravado. THE AUSTRALIAN SCHEME. LONDON. S*pi. 25. The Pall Mall Gazette" publisher* a congratulatory article on t!»<> Admiralty's accept anc*' of Mr Dentin'* defence jsc.hi.-tne.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13711, 28 September 1908, Page 5
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174THE NAVY. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13711, 28 September 1908, Page 5
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