STOWAWAYS.
LONDON, ‘February 2. Ten stowaways arrived by the Rio Dorado, which arrived at Glasgow, of whom two are Australians, and one West African Negro and the remainder Britons. They describe the hardship they had undergone in Australia. Hat ■vey MoDougall, of Dunedin, said w lie walked from Queensland to West Australia.
L. Temple declared the stowaways could not make sufficient money to keen themselves when employed. He said: “AYe were given food of the worst description at the camps and also only five shillings weekly. \A r e decided in make a dash homewards being willing to suffer imprisonment in Britain rather than continue to meet snob hardsliins down under. r'" LONDON, February 3. The Rio Dorado stowaways, cabled yesterday, have l>een sentenced to q fortnight each..
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1931, Page 4
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