GAOL ON HIS WEDDING DAY.
STOKER DISAPPOINTED. j WANTED TO STAY IX DOMINION, i (By Telegraph.—'Press Association.* NEW PLYMOUTH, this clay. William Smith intended to be married to-day, but instead he was compelled to keep an appointment at the Police Court, because he, with John William Rust and Joseph Marks, members of the stokehold staff of the liner Rimutaka, left the ship without the permission of the master. Armed with a marriage license, which appeared greatly to amuse his incredulous mates, Smith stepped into the box to tell the magistrate he was to have been married that day. He was not willing to go back to the ship, but wished to stay in the country. He offered, as an additional reason that his eyesight was defective. The other men were willing to go back. 4U were sent to gaol to be placed on '.the ship before she leaves Wellington on March 12.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 16
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152GAOL ON HIS WEDDING DAY. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 16
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