“MISTAKEN IDENTITY”
STRANGE STORY OF -ALLEGED < DESERTER. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.-—Copyright SYDNEY, Juno 3. An extraordinary - story is related by Rog. Harkins, who is on the Makura in practically the same circumstances as in the Paul Freeman .case. Harkins explains that he was arrested in Canada as a deserter early "in * tire' year, and placed on the Niagara. He was not allowed to laud in Canada or Australia, and is now compelled to criss-cross tlio Pacific indefinitely. Harkins contends that it, is a case of mistaken identity, and says that another Harkins is the real deserter, which view is shared by the chief engineer and other officers of the vessel. Harkins is a native of Nebraska, but possesses an alien registration certificate.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10607, 4 June 1920, Page 5
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121“MISTAKEN IDENTITY” New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10607, 4 June 1920, Page 5
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