ROMANCE AND CRIME.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 24 July 1923, Page 9

ROMANCE AND CRIME.

ON IMMIGRANT SHIP. MAXY LOVE NESTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, July 10. Stories of romance, crime, and adventure are brough.t to Sydney by almost every immigrant ship that arrives here nowaday?, ft is unlikely, however, that the records of any other immigrant ship that ha* been here recently would seriously challenge that of the Commonwealth Government steamer Jervis Bay, which arrived from London on Monday. One passenger was put in irons for a night because he attacked his cabin mate aril broke his nose. An immigrant was put off the vessel at Port Said because he would continue playing "crown and anchor" after he had been warned frequently not to do so by the ship's officers. The vessel ran aground in the Canal on one occasion. A native was discovered asleep in the stokehole after the vessel left Colombo, and had to be ,sent ashore A petty-officer proposed to one of the lady passengers on the first day of the trip, and, later, the two became engaged. Six other girls also found their affinities before the Jervis Bay reached Melbourne. Over 40 of the girls had heat strokes when passing thrn""'! the tropics. The heat was dreadful. A man who had won a girl's affection on board is said to have managed to fleece her of £11. When the boat reached Melbourne it was discovered that he was already the possessor of a j wife and two kiddies. He was later arrested, but not, it is alleged, before he had spent most of the lady's cash at the ship's bar. An A.B. brought his wife out with ' him, and owing to the regulations of the line he was not allowed to speak to her. The law distinctly says that a member of the crew must not speak to the passengers. One of the man's mates, however, stated that the husband did manage to meet Iris wife. .Whether he was detected was not known, but it was said that he was logged for some breach. He left the vessel with his wife at Melbourne, the port where he had signed on. ■ All concerned were very reticent about the incident, which terminated in one of the passengers being put in ! irons for a night. The welfare officer j eaid that one of the passengers attacked his room mate one evening and broke his nose. The cause of the trouble was not known, but the captain had the aggressor put in irons. Next morning, as the injured man refused to lay any charge against him, he was liberated.