STOWAWAY IN SYDNEY
NEW ZEALANDER ALLOWED ASHORE SYDNEY, August 8. A stowaway from New Zealand, David Reece, aged 17, arrived in Sydney handcuffed to his bunk in the American motor-ship Catspaw. Reece says that lie was a cook in the Royal Arcade Hotel, AVellington, and had been drinking with a member of the crew the night before the ship sailed. He had no intention of stowing away, but if allowed to go ashore he- would seek a job in Sydney. Roc-cc: was permitted to land from the Catspaw to-day and was taken io iho New .Zealand Government office-.':.. where a decision will be made as to whath'ar he. will be permitted io remain in Australia oi’ will be repatriated to New Zealand. He has boon al lowed his freedom by the Australian immigration authorities. • “A quaint place, Sydney,” he commented as he came ashore. “It reminds me of a puppet village.” Reece has'an American accent, which he says he picked up from American troops in New Zealand. His family lives in Auckland.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 August 1946, Page 8
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