Ship search turns up wrong man
PA Auckland An extensive police search for two escaped prisoners believed to be stowing away in a ship that berthed at Auckland yesterday proved both a success and a failure. A stowaway was found — but he was not one of the men sought by the police. One of four men who escaped from an Australian prison was found last week in a seaman’s cabin of the cargo ship Union Hobart He was found three minutes before the ship was to sail for Auckland, and the Melbourne police asked their Auck-
land counterparts to search the vessel w hen she berthed. Detective Inspector L. D. Sinton led 35 policemen, two police dogs, and 11 Customs Department officers in an extensive search of the Union Hobart. The party boarded the vessel in the stream of Waitemata Harbour about 4 p.m., and finished the search four hours later. Mr Sinton said that the stowaway found in the ship was an Aucklander, aged 23, who had stowed away at Melbourne. Wharf police were questioning the man late last evening.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770523.2.46
Bibliographic details
Press, 23 May 1977, Page 6
Word Count
181Ship search turns up wrong man Press, 23 May 1977, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.