AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. A bogus knight. SYDNEY, Alarch fj. Robert Gunter was sentenced to .six months’ , hard labour oil a charge of falsely representing that he was Sir Robert Gunter, and thus obtaining the use of a motor ear. The police gave evidence that accused had many previous convictions in London and New Zealand for similar offences. He had victimised a number of leading Sydney business men whilst en route to Australia on the Alnrama. He represented to passengers that he had received cablegrams apprising him that his uncle had died and tile title was now his. On arrival at Sydney he engaged a suite at a leading hotel as Sir Robert Gunter. GERMAN GAOLED. SYDNEY, March fi. The German who was refused permission to land is named Karl Kraft. He was again a passenger by the Afaungamii. After failing in a dictation te=t he was declared a prohibited immigrant and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, pending deportation to Germar.v.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1928, Page 2
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163AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1928, Page 2
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