DESERTERS FROM NAVY.
I ' j MEN DIVE OVERBOARD. ■'. SYDNEY, May 4. :Two naral deserters from the warslii J)elhi, who had been placed aboard tl Mai-ama ,at Wellington, made" a senst tional escape from that vessel.. As tlie steamer was passing Miller foint the two men took advantage. < the fact tliat the passengers had erowdo oiryoire Side to watch the ferry boat, an both jumped overboard. .'As the men swam away one of thei turned on his back and waved gQod-by . It was too dark to see whether tr •jngn .reached the shore safely. Presun ably they did so and escaped the attei tion of a naval escort which was awai ing them on the wharf. — (A. and N.Z
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 103, 5 May 1926, Page 8
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118DESERTERS FROM NAVY. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 103, 5 May 1926, Page 8
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