GAOL FOR STOWAWAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21548, 20 July 1933, Page 11

GAOL FOR STOWAWAY

GERMAN IN SYDNEY FEELING AGAINSf OWN LAND SYDNEY, July 19 The.German stowaway Adolf Loewc, who was charged at the Central Court, Sydney, to-day with being a prohibited immigrant, was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. The magistrate remarked that any sentence lie imposed could be served only until Loewc was deported to Germany. Loewe stated: "I am determined not to return unless force is used." The cablegram no doubt refers to the 21-year-old German, I'ritz Adolf Kreuzer (known also as Loewe), who on June 16 jumped overboard from the Matson liner Mariposa when she was leaving Auckland for Sydney, and swam ashore. After nearly a month in Mount Eden gaol ho was deported on the company's liner Monterey to Sydney. To see "that he did not escape again, a customs officer travelled on the Monterey to the pilQt anchorage, and after ascertaining that the still on board, returned to Auckland 111 the pilot boat. Kreuzer deserted from a German steamer, the Mosel, at Melbourne in 1928 and worked in Australia until last, Mav, when lie and an Australian stowed away at Sydney on the Mariposa. They came to Auckland and landed without being detected. After living in Hobson Street for nearly a month, the two men stowed away on the Monterey on Juno 3, but they were discovered before the vessel reached Suva, where thev were kept in custody. On June 13 the two stowaways were put on the Mariposa at Suva for deportation to Sydney,