"BIT OF A PROBLEM."
BORSTAL FOR TWO YEARS.
YOUNG HINDU LABOURER.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Monday.
Described as having been a bit of a problem since coming to New Zealand three years ago, Gosai Dullabh (20), Hindu labourer, appeared before Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., to-day on four charges of theft' of sums ranging from 5/5 to •£! 17/6.
"He is regarded very unfavourably by' his fellow-countrymen, and his chief pastime seems to have been writing indecent and sending them through the post to other Indians," said Detective-Sergeant Doyle.
The magistrate took the course of sending the accused to Borstal for two years.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 43, 21 February 1939, Page 17
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