SENSATION AT APIA.
STRANGERS IN LIGHTHOUSE. MAN CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE.
The Hash of a Morse lamp signalling to sea was noticed from the pilot station at Apia on the evening of Easter Sunday, states the "Fiji Times." A detachment was sent to investigate, with the result that four Germans were found in the lighthouse, one ot honi is a British subject. They were brought in and put under arrest. The three Germans were interned in Songi (amp. Tho naturalised Britisher is to he tried hy court-martial as a spy iio harms; l>ccn identified by one of'tho soldiers as being in Egypt at the time of landing of the first Zealand Expeditionary Force. The Germans hid a good equipment, including American examining charts and a telescope that was set on a tripod with a range of thirty miles.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)
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137SENSATION AT APIA. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 276, 18 May 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)
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