STOWAWAY ON MARIPOSA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22825, 9 March 1936, Page 10

STOWAWAY ON MARIPOSA

YOUNG WOMAN DISCOVERED CONCEALED IN DOG KENNEL (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 7. Hidden in a vacant dog kennel on the boat deck, a young married woman was found travelling as a stowaway 6VI board the Mariposa shortly after the vessel left Sydney for Auckland, where she arrived this morning. The discovery of the stowaway gave one of the women passengers quite a fright. The ship had just cleared Sydney Heads and the passenger was strolling along the deck admiring the view when she saw a pair of dainty shoes and trim, silk-clad ankles sticking out of the door of a dog kennel. Jumping to the grim conclusion that a passenger might have suffered violence, the finder hastened to report her discovery. When the ship's officers arrived the " body" proved to be very much alive. The stowaway was a young Auckland woman who had been "down on her luck" in Sydney. She gave the name of her father in Auckland, which was communicated by wireless to the local agents of the company, who got in touch with him. He deposited the money for her cabin class fare with the agents and she will not be prosecuted. Only a very small person could have got into the dog kennel, which was subdivided in the middle, making its floor area about 3ft square, while its height was about the same. The door was no more than a foot square.