PLIGHT OF STOWAWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 97, 26 April 1922, Page 8

PLIGHT OF STOWAWAYS.

WITHOUT PASSPORTS ON THE j NAVUA. I . REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND. Two men who arrived at Auckland by the Navua yesterday from Suva were j not allowed to land, as they had no ; passports. : One of the men. named Vernon Hugh j Carlton, 23 years of age, is a seaman \ and a trimmer. About six weeks ago he missed his passage on board the Auaj tralian Steam Navigation Company's j steamer Suva, on whi.-h he was one of j the ship's complement. On the arrival iof the Union Co.'a steamer Navua at ■ Suva from Auckland on April ."> he stowed away in her. and was taken to ; Apia, the port of vail at Samoa. He , was there sentenced to 14 days' imj prisonment and put on board the Navua with a permit to travel to Suva. He was 'not allowed to land there, and wa's consequently brought on to Auck--1 land. J The other man is named Ernest WilI liams. 20 years of age. At Newcastle he stowed away on March VI on the Union Co.'s steamer Waikawa. which called at Apia en route to San Francisco. He was there sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and was put on board the Navua also with a permit to travel to Suva. Not being allowed to land there he came on to Auckland. I As the men will not be alfowed to leave the steamer at Auckland without a permit they will return to Suva, leaving Auckland on Saturday, unless they apply to the Minister of Internal Affairs for permission to hind here. Meanwhile they are a source of expense to the company, and it is expected that an attempt will be made to overcome the difficulty.