Wanted to See America
BOY STOWAWAYS SADLY DISILLUSIONED Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 25. They wanted to see America. So said two Sydney boys aged 15 and 16, in the Children’s Court to-day when they explained how they happened to be in the Matson liner Monterey when she crossed the Tasman to Auckland. Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt remanded them in the care of the Child Welfare Department until they can be returned to Sydney. The boys were discovered on Saturday. They had hidden aft among the refrigerating equipment and were taken ashore at Auckland by the polic4 sadly disillusioned.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 174, 26 July 1938, Page 7
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