SMASHED WINDOWS
SOMES ISLAM) INTERNEE (P.A.) Wellington, May 14. “If he were in Germany he would be shot. Here he will be sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard' labour.” said Mr. J. L. Stout. S.M.. re-' ferring to Herman Paul Schmidt, aged) 41. labourer and native of Germany, i who had pleaded guilty to wilfully; breaking eighteen panes of glass in a' hut on Somes Island. Counsel for Schmidt said accused did the damage because he preferred imprisonment to internment. Schmidt) was a naturalised Australian an fl i claimed to be a staunch anti-Nazi. Efforts had been made to obtain hisj release and no official answer had been received to his last application to the Aliens Tribunal. Apparently Schmidt was not on good terms with other Germans with whom he was interned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 111, 15 May 1942, Page 3
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