The circumstances of the arrest m Wales m May last of Mr. Shepherd, private secretary to Mr. Hughes, thp Commonwealth Prime Minister, are recorded hi , the Daily Chronicle. Mr. Shepherd was returning from, an overflow, meeting held by Mr. Hughes at Conway,; ai-id alighted from a motor car upon entering the Conway suspension bridge. Here he produced a pocket camera and took a 'snapshot of the bridge r The military regulations prohibit photographing m the neighborhood, and the quick eye of a sentry detected the offence.; The camera was confiscated, and M**. Shepherd was marched under arrest to the guard room. Subsequently Mr. Hughes appeared, explanations were given, and the secretary was released, but thg negatives taken, were destroyed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14047, 18 July 1916, Page 8
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