ORPHAN GIRL HEROINE
Stowed Away to Evade Wish of Guardian. TRANSFERRED AT SEA. (Received 10 a.m.) CAPETOWN, February 8. A 16-year-old orphan prirl who was determined not to go to a hoardingschool, evaded her guardian and became the heroine of two Union Castle liners which she held up at sea. She stowed away aboard the Carnarvon Castle but was discovered 24 hours from Capetown. She became popular with the passengers who, four days later, lined the bulwarks at dawn to watch her beinjr transferred by boat to the Warwick Castle in order to return to Capetown. She sat in the sternsheets waving good-bye and shouting, "Give my love to the captain."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1937, Page 7
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