BATH-TUB SAILOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22197, 26 August 1935, Page 14

BATH-TUB SAILOR

LEAVING AUSTRALIA OFFER FROM NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYMENT AT DUNEDIN [from our own correspondent] SYDNEY, Aug. 21 Karl Hjelmstrom, the 22-year-old Swedish cadet who left the barque C. B. Federsen in a bathtub, landed on a lonely island, and was afterwards ordered to be deported, may go to New Zealand, if he is allowed by the Dominion Government to live there. Hjelmstrom has had an interesting life since he was sentenced at Thursday Island to six months' imprisonment, pending deportation. His daring adventure, undertaken with the object of remaining in Australia, excited the admiration of the public. There was widely-expressed opposition to the sentence imposed on Hjelmstrom and the Federal Government quickly amended it by permitting him his freedom, under a bond, until arrangements could be made for his deportation. Hjelmstrom travelled south to Sydney, where he has been happily living while newly-made friends have been trying to secure his release from tho deportation order. Offers ol Employment The young adventurer has had many offers of employment from people who admire his pluck in attempting a of escape in such a crazy ciaft as* a bathtub. Most of them have been from the country, for Hjelmstrom has expressed a desire to engage in iarming. But the Commonwealth immigration laws are inexorable. He has not tho necessary £<)00 which the regulations demand that an alien must possess if he desires to settle in Australia. But the Federal authorities, too, admire his pluck. They have decided not to deport him, but to ask him to leave. This distinction means that if at any time Hjelmstrom has earned the necessary guarantee of £'soo and he wishes to enter Australia to settle he will be free to do so. If he was deported he would be for ever debarred from returning. Hjelmstrom, when informed of the decision, was bitterly disappointed. It is the blow of my life, ' he said. "Nothing matters so much but that 1 stay in vour wonderful country, in which I find so many kind, generous friends, ready to help me and give me clothing and work, l do not wish to return to Sweden. If I cannot stay in Australia I would prefer to go to New Zealand. Now I am in the southern hemisphere I do not want to go to the northern." Dunedin Position Available The Consul-General for Sweden, Mr. O. de Dardel, said: "The Federal Government has stretched the law as tar as it can, apparently. It is a tribute. I could have wished that the lad had been permitted to stay because his determination to remain here is amazing, have cabled to Mr. C. E. R. "Webber, at. tho University Club, Dunedin, informing him that Hjelmstrom will accept his offer of a job on his auxiliary luxury vacht if Mr. Webber can arrange his entry to New Zealand. 1 am awaiting a cable in reply." . Hjelmstrom will be given a berth on a. Swedish vessel bound next week tor America if he is not allowed to take up his abode in New Zealand. STABBED TO DEATH ITALIAN WIDOW'S FATE TRAGEDY AT FREMANTLE Mrs. Angelina Re, aged *57. an Italian widow, was stabbed above the heart and on the upper left arm and twice in the abdomen with a knife at Fremantle, Western Australia, on August 17. She died soon afterwards in a ward at the Fremantle Hospital. Hearing screams coming from the backward of Mrs. Re's home, Nancy Re, a daughter of Mrs. Re, jumped from her bath and, hurrying into her clothes, rushed outside. She saw a man with a knife in his hand standing near her mother, who was still on her feet, but who wtfs bleeding from four deep wounds. Mrs. Re staggered through the rear gate and collapsed on a vacant allotment. Her screams were heard by neighbours, who, believing that they were made by children, attached no significance to them. Meanwhile, the man with tho knite walked around a side of the into an adjoining street, followed by Nancy Re. It was reported that a son ot Mrs. Re saw him wiping the knife on a piece of paper. The son threw stones at the man, but the man escaped. A doctor attended the wounded woman and ordered her removal to hospital. Later in tho afternoon detectives visited a house and arrested a man, who offered no resistance. It was stated that he was unable to speak English. Subsequently he was charged with unlawful killing. Mrs. Re was the mother of seven children, all grown up. She had lived at Fremantle for 30 years. PASSION FOR GOLF DESIRE TO BE CHAMPIONS MEN OF MEANS AS CADDIES Former Army officers, ex-bank clerks and men from a host of other callings are working on golf courses as caddies in England. Manv of them were attracted by the hope that they will become champions at the game. Several have means. There is a caddie at one club near London who owns half a dozen villa residences and dabbles with fair success on the Stock Exchange. "These men may be described as being 'golf mad,' " said i tho secretary of a famous club to a press representative. "I know of instances where men in quite comfortable positions have thrown up their employment to become caddies. They have all been golfing enthusiasts, but unable to de-vote their time to tho game owing to their work. "And in the ambition of the caddie to become a champion there is precedent. J. 11. Taylor, who was five times winner of the open championship, was a caddie at Westward Ho! Harry Yardon as a boy was a caddie for six months, while others who started their golfing career as caddies include James Braid? George Duncan, Alec Herd, Ted Ray and Walter Hagen." AIRMINDED DUCHESS FIRST FLIGHT ENJOYED Tho Duchess of York " enjoyed everv moment" of her first journey by air, 'it was stated when Her Royal Highness and the Duke arrived at Brussels to visit the International Exhibition —and particularly the British pavilion. . " The voyage has been delightful, the Duchess said emphatically. The Duke and Duchess and their suite left Hendon in an Imperial Airways machine, escorted by a squadron of the Royal Air Force, and landed at the Brussels aerodrome just before noon. They were met at the coast by a squadron of the Belgian Air Force. From tho aerodrome they drove to the exhibition, and later were present at a banquet at the British Embassy.