THE HUNSLET SCANDAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 5

THE HUNSLET SCANDAL.

KXIGIJT A POPULAR PASSENGER. P.y Cable—Press Association—Copyright," Capetown. February 18. Knight refused to be interviewed. He appealed to the reporters not to pester him, and threatened to throw a press reporter overboard. Knight ereated a favorable impression on board the steamer. He kept in the background, though he played cricket. The passengers believe his defence as cabled.

AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. Received lit, 11.0 p.m. Capetown, February I!). There was a sensation among the till) passengers, who were ignorant of Knight's identity until interviewers and photographers boarded the Port Lincoln and searched for the so-called honeymooning couple. The captain and the wireless operator alone were aware of the identity of Knight. He was the prime mover in sports and whist drives, and presided at a concert. He told the interviewers: "1 suppose J will get three months' in Australia for giving a false name." He reiterated his rescue workstory, and said (hat he. was compelled to dress as a loafer in order to frequent public bouses. Miss Grimes was the only woman who understood hiin. The. deposit at the Victorian Oflice represented his entire savings. He was able to account for ewry penny. Miss Grimes was reticent and depressed. Knight's popularity collapsed, and lie spent the evening in town under the usual emigration permit. He left the quayside in a motor-ear, followed by the jeers of his fellow-passengers.