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category: "City"
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tags:
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- Place
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- NewZealand
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- SouthCanterbury
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- RCHorsch
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aliases:
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- Hadlow
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summary: "Rural settlement just west of Timaru in South Canterbury, New Zealand, where the fugitive R.C. Horsch lived as Dr Stanley Stokowski until March 1984."
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location: "Hadlow, Canterbury, New Zealand"
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created: 2026-09-23
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updated: 2026-09-23
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Hadlow is a rural settlement near [[Timaru]] in South Canterbury, [[New Zealand]].
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### The Stokowski Affair
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The American known as Dr Stanley Stokowski, a director of the ethanol plant of [[Chemical Technology Limited]] at Clandeboye, lived at Hadlow until mid-March 1984, when he left the country on a stolen passport.[^1] In the weeks that followed, police searched properties at Clandeboye and Hadlow.[^2] The man was the fugitive [[R.C. Horsch]].
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: "Police look for U.S. chemist," *The Press* (Christchurch), June 6, 1984 (Press Association, Timaru). https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19840606.2.48
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[^2]: "Police seek wife, child," *The Press* (Christchurch), June 13, 1984 (Press Association, Timaru). https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19840613.2.7
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