Taking 1 advantage of the confusion which reigned after the passengers had been transhipped at. the Karaka cutting yesterday, a. prisoner escaped from Pnhinui. The escaped man is William Rcholes, who was on his way, under escort, with other prisoners from Wellington to Mount E<l on gaol, states an Auckland message. After the passengers had got into the relief train at the Auckland end of the Karaka slip, all the available accommodation was taken up. Many passengers were collected at all the small stations on the way to Auckland. At Pnhinui, near Papatootoe Rcholes took advantage of the crowded train to make a break for liberty. Rcholes is an English labourer, aged 30. Up to a late hour last night there was no trace of him. I
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 July 1927, Page 4
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