Seven Germans Arrested
Former Radio Operator On von Luckner’s Yacht POLICE HAUL AT AUCKLAND Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 22. Seven German national* living in Auckland were taken into custody tonight by detectives who had a warrant from the Attorney-General, Hon. H. G. R. Mason, to arrest them under the alien control emergency regulations. The seven men, one of them formerly a radio operator on Count von Luckner’s yacht Seeteulel, spent the night at Papakura military camp. They will remain there until their departure to-morrow for Wellington, where they probably will be interned on Somes Island. Their names are: Kurt Wilhelm Schmidt, aged 35, a married man with two children. Gregor Riethmaier, aged 26, described as an expert radio operator. Arthur Richard Leuschke, aged 50, a married man with a grown-up family. Frederick Wilhelm Kcrsten, aged 52, described as a German nationalist, a married man with two children. Ho was a second lieutenant in the German Army and came to Auckland in 1935. Max Grapengieeser, aged 61, secretary of the German Club in Auckland, a married man with three children. Qualbert Eugene Fischer, aged 59, an expert in the mining of mercury, a married man with three children. Gustave Belin, aged 61, a married man with three children. All are natives of Germany.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 6
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