CONDUCT OF THE MEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 11

CONDUCT OF THE MEN.

MAGISTRATE'S HIGH TRIBUTE. EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY. From the Bench in the Police Court yesterday" Mr. J. XV. Poynton paid a ■ high tribute to the excellent conduct of the men of the Imperial Service Squadron. He said that he felt he must congratu- | late the men. Thousands of sailors had I been about the city during the week, and there had not been any trouble. In fact, so good had their conduct been that the police had not made a single arrest, and not | one man from all the warships had ap-1 ! peared 'before him in the Court. They had shown excellent behaviour. Tiiey, Poynton mentioned that when the Aus-' tralian cruiser Melbourne recently j visited Auckland those men were also well behaved, and gave no trouble. Senior Sergeant Rawle endorsed the remarks made by Mr. Poynton. There had not, he said, 'been even a suspicion against the men of the visiting naval force. The fine example shown by tne Jack Tars had evidently influenced the local public, for during- the fleet's visit to Auckland the arrests had been less than in ordinary times.