AN OFFICIAL CALL.
British Official Wireless. (Received April 28, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, April 27. The Prince of Wales made a formal call on the King and Queen of Siam at their London hotel. Warrant Officer Sweetland, of the Indian Auxiliary Force, Bombay, and his four children, narrowly escaped death when a Mahratta youth flung a dagger and injured Sweetland in the head. He then fired four revolver shots as Sweetland ran into the house to protect his children. The assailant was arrested.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20291, 28 April 1934, Page 1
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82AN OFFICIAL CALL. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20291, 28 April 1934, Page 1
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