LATE CABLES
Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright STOLEN YACHT RA-ATA. t BRISBANE, July 14. (Received July 14, at 1.50 p.m.) In the yacht Ra-ata case a statement signed by Mills was produced in court. He stated that bo joined the lla-ata, at Westlake's invitation, and Smith afterwards joined. Tho yacht was repainted. After leaving Auckland she went to Whitianga, in Mercury Bay, where they robbed a store, securing a stock of provisions, clothing, and tooacco. Westlake then told in’s companions that he had stolen the yacht, and intended'to sail for South America and engage in fishing. Tho police gave evidence that Westlake at first refused to give them a statement, but he afterwards made verbal statements, taking tho whole blame on himself. He added that, if he had not taken the yacht olf the New Zealand coast, they could not have done anything to him, as he had her leased for two years.
On two charges of stealing the yacht and stealing provisions from a store tho men were remanded from Rockhampton to Brisbane, to await the arrival of a New Zealand police escort.
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Evening Star, Issue 18020, 14 July 1922, Page 6
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183LATE CABLES Evening Star, Issue 18020, 14 July 1922, Page 6
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