GAOL FOR AIR JOY-RIDER

Patea Mail, Volume LII, 2 March 1931, Page 4

GAOL FOR AIR JOY-RIDER

‘PEEVED OX AIfSPOIiT UN E.’ '(,)L'AJvF BELIEF IAiFEIiSONATION ‘ ■ I i..S mail hit.-- I'i'l‘v‘mus COM vicliotts l:'<ir theft; he litis set hin:.-eii' cot i prey cm the victims of the earthquake, 'Mil I propuse to scad him to months 1 ’ imprisonment.’’ said Mr. E Page, SAL, of Francis Chtfrles Otter sou, who hail a good time following tile earthquake by jirst getting into Na pier through the Bod Cross by . ini.■ersormtiim. There on February he made out that he was a, representative ■f the lied i 'ress at Wellington am’ obtained lists from the medical officer nnd the matron of the hospital, to he delivered to the authorities in Welling ton. lie stole a military water bottle ami first aid outfit. After delivering one of the list? in Wellington he went out to the liongotai aerodrome and said he wanted to get an aeroplane to Hastings. While there a. car arrived with a number of bottles to Tie used for testing water at Xapicr. Ho took possession of these, came bank to the Health Department, and said that ho was the official being sent to test the water at Napier. He said that he had no eoa' and obtained one from Arthur McIntyre. Botu ruing to the aerodrome, he said that he was Air. Anderson, of the Health Department, and was being sent to test the water at Xa.pier. On his arrival at Xapicr he was introduced by the pilot ns Anderson to the health officer. About half an hour later he demanded a special piano to lake him back to Wellington.. and after that was lost touch with. While ■it the lied Cross in Wellington on February 9 he stole a rug and two blankets.