CHINESE STOWAWAYS
DISCOVERED ON- VESSEL
CAPTALV FINED £7OO
[Received Last Night, 11.30 ..''clock.)
FREMANTLE, February 27
The captain of the steamer chnron has been fined £7OO in connection with the discovery of seven Chinese stowaways aboard his vessel. The evidence showed that they existed for three weeks in cavities scooped in th© coal. They were unable to stand up. The Chinese members cf the crew lowered, food and water to them.
It was discovered that a relative of one of the stowaways, while previously attempting to reach Australia hidden in the coal, was .suffocated when the steamer was being fumigated.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 February 1913, Page 5
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100CHINESE STOWAWAYS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 February 1913, Page 5
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