"SERIOUS OFFENCE."
NAVAL PROSECUTION. FAII/URE TO ATTEND PARADES CHARGE AGAINST VOLUNTEER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The first case of a man failing to attend drill parades called by the Canterbury Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was heard to-day, when Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., after hearing evidence, adjourned the further hearing for three months to enable the defendant, William Leonard Gobbe, to prove that he was willing to abide by his contract. ■ ■ The prosecuting petty officer said that when men made a contract to join the division they were issued with kit ami equipment valued at £10. It was a serious matter to default from parades, as money epent on kit was practically * The magistrate pointed out that defendant was liable to three months imprisonment or a fine ol izu.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 178, 29 July 1932, Page 8
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