ALLEGED TRADE IN DESERTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 85, 9 April 1906, Page 4

ALLEGED TRADE IN DESERTION.

A POLICE COimT.STJATI3IBNf. i _____ ' v~V Three Chinese who had deserted i«j( steamers calling at Auckland cum .llw fore Mr. Kettle, S.M.-, in the W&* Court this njornmg,.'under arrest ai prohibited immigrants. In connection witN one named Chang Po. an interesting statement was made. The accused: id« mitted that in November last he desert*! from the s.s. Gulf of Venice inAuck« land. When asked Why he; deserte4,T« explained .through the interpreter tW he was induced to sonw Chigil in Auckland, iwhose names ; he --.afca* tioned. The fact that hi/order to :.•#!.-.. forfeiting £ 100 to: the Statei the: •!?• ers of the Gulfof Venice haA6Smis reward of £2 for of probability to the statement, ani Chief Detective MaTsack - iassured thfl magistrate that the matter Was tojgin? quired into. Po was sentenced to sevea days' imprisonment a3 »"deserted, »ot, Messrs. J. J. Craig and Son, the ateap er*s agents, undertook to. placesftim aboard the Gulf of Venice w 'send back to Hongkopg. Can Tuck aud WdnglSan, twoof|tr Chinese crew of the cable, who had deserted," were'-handed ***? Jt» the captain. They will: to Hongkong, in. accordance ?ift ft* terms of their WoJS Nan declared that he would, sower g« back to gaol, where he" eral weeks awaiting'thearrifal « ft? Iris. . ' ;"■ - "--.-. -'- 1 '