Porirua Escapees Recaptured
(P.A.) Masterton, June 8. Two escapees from the Porirua Mental Hospital were arrested near Alfredton, about 10 miles east of Eketahuna, this afternoon by a party comprising Masterton and Eketahuna police. One of the escapees was wounded very slightly in the arm. They were returned to Porirua this afternoonThe escaoees declared that another man thought to have been in the party had never been with them.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 9 June 1948, Page 6
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