MISTAKE BY STOWAWAYS
TOOK UNINTENDED PASSAGE TO BE RETURNED TO AMERICA. CALIFORNIAN STUDENTS PLIGHT. By Telegraph.—Pre??. Association. Auckland, June 18. .Two students of the State Teachers College at Ban Jose, California, arrived in New Zealand last night, though they never intended to come. They ar ® Thomas Vance and William North, They went to Los Angeles and saw the Swedish motor-ship Rullareh, winch they were informed was going to San <ia cisco, 20 hours away. They stowed away in the engine-room a“ d * e J e J 1 ®' covered eight hours later. They then found that the ship was bound for Auckland. They say that fortunately the captain and the whole crew saw the humour of the situation. They are to be sent back by another vessel. The stowaways were both attested this morning and charged with stowing n 'rho detective-sergeant told the magistrate"’ the men ’ were prohibited immigrants, and enough men out of work were here already. ~ . , . Accused were remanded in custody.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1931, Page 9
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