Thurtle asked the First Lord ty whether his attention had been drawn to the fatal ident al the Hongkong. acrodrony on April 28 when three Chinese sab Sects were killed by Lieutenant A. 0. Watson, of HLALS. Hermes, piloting.
ceremonial escort' of acroand whether the have been ark {to reply. The answer to the first part of the question is in the alfirbut only a telegraphic port of this most regrettable acc ent has as yet been received. P ing the receipt of detailed parti ars, Lam not in a position to ive an answer to the second part of the Ar. Thurtle—Will the Admiralty take steps to see that this useless form of ceremonial is reduced to the very minimum?
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