"THE PRODIGAL SON."

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 6

"THE PRODIGAL SON."

WANGANUI BOY RETURNS,;!

AS STOWAWAY ON AORANG^

ROBBED IX 'FRISCO. i

When the Customs officials and poli c i boarded R.M.s. Aorangi yesterday after! noon on her arrival from Vancouver they were informed that a stowaway had been found on tlip ship. He was handed over to the police and made hi* appearance at the Police Court thismoru. ing. charged with stowing away ou the mail motor ship. The young man in question, Vincenlj Stanley Burchall (20), whose name dij not appear on the passenger list, pleadeij guilty. Sergeant Calwcll, who prosecuted, sai* that Burchall, wlio was a Wanganui boy left Xew Zealand sonip months ag o ' working his way to America. He then had about £130, but he was robbed of this sum in San Francisco. He was do« tamed in the United States and ' and was ordered to he deported. How, ever, lie got his liberty in Canada, an<j being anxious to get home, stowed on board the Aorangi at Vancouver' When two days out he gave himself im to the captain, and had conducted him. self excellently on the voyage across tlitf Pacific. If accused was . remanded fog a week he would get in touch with hi* parents, who resided in Wanganui. Mr. Poynton: A ease of the prodigal son returning. Perhaps his parents will now kill the fatted calf to pay his boat fare. , ' 4 Burchall was remanded until Febrm ary 8.