ARREST MADE
LIGHTHOUSE SENSATIbN (P.A.) INVERCARGILL, Feb. 10. A man who is alleged to have set fire to the Puysegur Point lighthouse on Sunday and to have assaulted one of the lighthouse-keepers has been arrested by the police and is, being brought' back to< police party are" all "safe" and well. Relief was felt in police circles when a telegram was received from Puysegur Point stating that the party was safe and well, for it was known that the wanted man had a .303 rifle and ammunition, which he had. taken from the lighthouse. ■ .' The police must have acted with, considerable promptitude, for Coal Island, where the man was marooned, rises to a height of 850 feet, and. is covered with dense bush. The police left Puysegur at mid-day on the return journey, and the trawler Toiler was expected to arrive here at a.late hour to-night. -
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24838, 11 February 1942, Page 4
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146ARREST MADE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24838, 11 February 1942, Page 4
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