FIREMEN LOCKED UP.
LINER HELD AT LYTTELTON. i PRODUCE STOLEN FROM STORE j MEN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING. ' ■ 'By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) LYTTELTON - , this day. j The whole of the stokehold crew of the '. liner Piako spent last night in the lock- ! up, having been arrested on a cnarge of \ receiving stolen goods shortly before the I vessel was due to sail for Wellington yesterday afternoon. They will came oefore the Magistrate's Court this muming on a charge of receiving stolen goods I to the value of £10, the property of the f Lyttelton Harbour Board. " l
On Sunday night some of the locks on the doors of the Harbour Board's cool j store were wrenched off, and butter, cheese and honey were taken. The value j of the stolen goods is £.10. When the police visited the firemen's | quarters on the Piako yesterday, before j the vessel was due to sail, it is alleged that they found o6lb of butter, a crate • of cheese and 1201b of honey. All the firemen, numbering 21, were! arrested, and the departure of the \esscl '■ was postponed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1927, Page 9
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182FIREMEN LOCKED UP. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1927, Page 9
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