MISCHIEVOUS HOAX.
BOMB IN BRITISH MUSEUM. (British Official Wireless.; RUGBY, February 20. Mr J. R. Olynes, Home Secretary, was questioned in the House of Commons regarding the recent discovery of the so-called bomb in the Indian room of the British Museum. Mr Clynes said that 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 placing the bogus bomb in the museum and was fined £2U and £5 5s costs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18500, 22 February 1930, Page 7
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86MISCHIEVOUS HOAX. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18500, 22 February 1930, Page 7
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