ALLEGED THEFT OF UNIFORMS
TWO MEN CHARGED Hastings, Sept. 2. Reginald Michael Walsh, alias Smith, described on the charge sheet as a ship’s cook, of Wales, and Gordon Robert Dunn, soldier and cinema operator, of New Zealand, both aged 21, appeared this morning before Mr A. Dysart. J.P # charged with on or about 15th July at Wellington stealing two suitcases and three naval uniforms of a total value of £B. the property of the United States Government. The men were arrested last night, and in asking that they be remanded to appear at Wellington on Monday. Senior-Sergeant Quayle said they both arrived in Hastings on Wednesday last and had been masquerading as American sailors. They had been lavishly ! entertained by many people in Hastings. , he added. The remand was granted.- P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 3 September 1942, Page 5
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