A BOLT FROM NEW ZEALAND
SOLDIERS STOW AWAY IN A GOAL BuNIUiK. Three soldiers were before the Magistrate's Court yesterday on a charge ot quittina: New Zealand without permission. The story of their soriy adrenture is ratlier entertaining. t The men wero John Larkin, of the Thirty-first Reinforcements, Robert Ernest Larkin. of the Thirty-first Reinforcements, and James M'Kew, of the CI Camp. In the middlo of November they boarded a certain vessel here and hid in the coal. For two days they sailed the Tasman, but then tbey were discovered and taken before tho captain They had money (over £70), bo the captain deducted the are J ney from their wealth. He notified the Australian authorities (of their pre See on his vessel and the declined to allow them to land. I. he skipper brought then; back .tote Zealand and again charged thorn fo the trip. The Court sentenced them to one month's imprisonment, and after that they will be handed to the nun tary, who will court-martial them.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 62, 6 December 1917, Page 4
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169A BOLT FROM NEW ZEALAND Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 62, 6 December 1917, Page 4
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