CHINESE STOWAWAYS
CAPTAIN OF CHARON FINED £7OO. (Received February 27, 9.15 p.m.) FREMANTLE, February 27. The captain of tho steamer Charon was fined £7OO in connection with the discovery of seven Chinese stowaways aboard. Evidence showed that they existed for three weeks in cavities scooped in coal where they were unable-, to stand upright., Chinese members of the cr-sw lowered food and water to them. It was disclosed that a relative of ono of tho stowaways, previously attempting to roach Australia hidden in ooal, was 'suffocated when tho steamer was fumigated.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8366, 28 February 1913, Page 7
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