CUBAN STOWAWAY
EFFORTS TO DISCOVER BIRTHPLACE (Australian Press Association.) London, January 10. The Cuban stowaway, Jackson, who was one of those involved in the Jervois Bay trouble, has been detained at Hull, and is causing comic commotion in official circles. British ■ officials declare that Jackson at first swore that he was born at Hull. The authorities extensively investigated the statement, but without success. Jackson then said that he was born at Liverpool. Similar investigations had a similar result. When the Cuban was again informed ho replied that he was born at Brisbane. Officials state that the possibilities are enormous, because Jackson may swear that his birthplace was any one of thousands of towns, each necessitating fruitless investigation. Official circles believe that if Jackson was born in Britain, then lie must be freed. If he was born anywhere else, then the Commonwealth, from which he came, must repatriate him. In the meantime, this central figure of a world-wide nine days’ wonder continues to be kept at British expense. His compatriots, who all wore British, were freed as soon as they landed from Colombo. *
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 93, 14 January 1929, Page 3
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182CUBAN STOWAWAY Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 93, 14 January 1929, Page 3
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