THE STOLEN YACHT.
QUESTION OF APPREHENSION.
THEORY AS TO DESTINATION
No news lias been received by the police concerning the yacht Raata, which was stolen on the evening of Wednesday, May 3, from its anchorage off the NeTson Wharf. The whereabouts of the yacht are at present not known, but the opinion is prevalent that the men aboard are making for Tonga. Questioned last evening as to the intention of the police should this theory prove correct, Inspector Eales said ho had no opinion to offer, as any communications regarding the yacht "sent beyond New Zealand were being attended to by the commissioner's office.
In the event of the Raata putting in at Tonga, some difficulty may be experienced in apprehending the-'men aboard her, as there is at present no extradition treaty between New Zealand and the island kingdom. This mrjr, however, be overcome by virtue of the fact that Tonga is a British protectorate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18089, 13 May 1922, Page 8
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