CLOSING OF HOKITIKA GAOL.
TRANSFER OF PRISONERS
(Per l'ress Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, April 16
Fourteen prisoners were transferred from the Hokitika Gaol, now to be closed, to the Lyttelton Gaol this afternoon. The men, who were taken in a special carriage ffbm Hokitika to Otira, a special coach from Otira to Broken River, and a special train to Lyttelton, in charge of an escort of police and warders, behaved in an exemplary manner.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12199, 17 April 1909, Page 5
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72CLOSING OF HOKITIKA GAOL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12199, 17 April 1909, Page 5
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