WOULD-BE STOWAWAY.
FREE LAUNCH RIDE.
A SKIPPER'S LECTURE.
Attaching himself to a party of the crew, a man made an to stow away on the steamer Cjer&sus, shortly before she sailed for Wanganui Sye§te?rday afternoon,. and succeeded in goring, only a free launch ride. ■'*. ' flaVing completed discharge of the ■ local 'portion of her cargb, the Cerasus 'had haoled out. into the s&eanrto awtit the master. Captain J. Muidock, who was' juahore on business. . Four 'sailors were ;_alsq}jeported to be .ashore and the captain took them out to the vessel in a sailors were all fairly "merry;" 1 arid the captain discovered that in order to attain that condition they .had pawned* their best clothes, f The captain took advantage of the situatjon tSsdo : a little reforming, and calling ths then-tarhini one by one, gave them a' goiidv "dressing down," after the manner /pcoyerbial Dutch uncle. When he gpt. to. the last and soberest of the ihe fotffid that he was not a member erew at all. The stranger adniitted attempting to stow away, and produced a bundle in which he had ali liu worldly, possessions—a pair of boots extra pair of trousers. The captain dealt gently but firmly with the would-be sailor, and he was brought back to land when the launch returned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 247, 18 October 1928, Page 8
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213WOULD-BE STOWAWAY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 247, 18 October 1928, Page 8
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