STOWAWAYS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17881, 29 August 1918, Page 3

STOWAWAYS.

SIX MILITARY RESERVISTS

[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, August 28.

After the Manuka left Wellington for Sydney a fortnight ago, the Military authorities learned that six military reservists were missing. It was thought possible that the men had der parfced surreptitiously in the Manuka, and the Sydney polico were advised to watch the vessel on her arrival in Sydney. The search disclosed the six stowaways, and these men were brought back yesterday in the Moeraki, along with a youth who stowed away at Sydney, and were handed over to the police. The six reservists, on a charge of leaving New Zealand without a permit, were sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. On the charge of stowing away they were fined £9 each and cost of the fare, or one month’s gaol with hard labour. Duffy, an ordinary stowaway, was ordered to be detained for police inquiries.