A MASQUERADE
PSEUDO PRINCE HAS ROYAL TIME YOUTHFUL MINER, HOODWINK S AUTHORITIES. By Telerrapb—P«r Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 28, 5.5 pjn. PARIS, Dec. 27. Posing as Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, grandson of the ex-Kaiser and travelling incognito as Baron Korff, a twenty-year-old miner in the Baltic Provinces had a hectic masquerade, in which he was feted by civic and military authorities. He sat in the royal box at a theatre gala performance in his honour, after which the Mayor and high army officers paid their respects. The young man accepted the invitations of Counts von Nassau and von Bloecher to lead a hunting party at Tuengeda Castle, where he occupied the beet suite. When he heard that the father of the real prince was arriving to join the party he borrowed substantial sum? and vanished.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19732, 29 December 1926, Page 7
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135A MASQUERADE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19732, 29 December 1926, Page 7
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