GIRL STOWAWAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 125, 29 May 1934, Page 13

GIRL STOWAWAY

"A FOOLISH THING TO DO"

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, May 28. "It was rather a'stupid thing to"doy'? said Eva Turner, a girl stowaway,. who arrived at Auckland from Sydneyby the Niagara. Miss Turner, who is'1/a South- Australian, stowed away at S\dney, and was discovered on board after ; the liner's departure for Auckland. She was detained on board- tonight, pending consideration of her case.-

Miss Turner is aged about 26. She was questioned by Customs and police officers on- board the Niagara /this afternoon. Subsequently, in the course of an interview, she" said she realised that she had embarked on a foolish escapade.

"I come from South Australia originally, J' Miss Turner said, "but I was in Sydney, out of work. With' no /prpspeets"of finding; work, I decided to get on board ttie 'Niagara; before she sailed, in tKe_ hope' of getting .''to'- Panadas : I just ..walked on board apd" mingled with': the passengers. I realise- nowj it wis rather.'a foolish thing to' doV' T hardly ■ suppose I shall be allowed !io remain in New Zealand."

Miss Turner was discovered in the first-class accommodation. "When she admitted that she had stowed away, she was,! given a third-class berth. When she wa3 discovered she was wearing a fur coat and was carrying a small suitcase. She was under the supervision of a member of the ship's company when the Niagara arrived at Auckland.