SENSATION AT APIA.
Strangers in Lighthouse.
Man Charged With Espionage The flash of a Morse lar, p signallmg to sea was noticed fi om p i| ofc station at Apia on tho evening of ? Easier Sunday, the Fiji ‘Times” states. A detaohmeat was sent to investigate, with the result that four . Germans were found in the lighthouse, - : one of whom is a British subjeot. They were brought in nfeid put under arrest. The three Germans were interned in Songi camp. The naturalised Britisher is to bo tried by courtmartial as a spy, he having beem identified by one of the soldiers ajrffibeing in Egypt at the time of the< landing of tho first New Zealand peditionary Force. The Germans a good equipment, including Americans examining charts and a telescope that was set on tripod, with a range oF 30 miles.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1917, Page 2
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