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LANGGIJ'TH, DUERKOP, AND KRONFELDT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, March 15. Three well-known citizens were apprehended' to-day as enemy subjects—Eugene Langguth, importer (late Austrian Consul at Auoldand); Gustav Kronfeld, importer; and William Henry Duerkop, indent agent. Tho threo. men in question wero placed under detention this morning by Detectives Hollis and Powell, and were conveyed to Fort Takapuna, where they will bo temporarily interned. It is understood that they will later be sent to either Motuihi or Somes Island. :
The police state that there has been no development that they are aware of. Inspector Sheehan, seen on the_ subject, said that the police were simply acting on instructions from the military authorities. It appears that tlia detectives simply called on each of the three persons named and stated that they were to be placed under detention, and would be> required to. proceed by afternoon boat to Fort Takapuna. Although on the list of aliens for the last eighteen months,- neither Messrs. Langguth nor Kronfeld hare been previously placed under detention. _ Duerkop, however, was apprehended in Wellington last year in connection with a charge of trading with the enemy.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2721, 16 March 1916, Page 6
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188INTERNED Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2721, 16 March 1916, Page 6
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