ABSENTEES CHARGED
Eighty Sydney Men Placed On Bonds Of £20 NEW YEAR S DAY STOPPAGES Rec. 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 10. About 80 Sydney men who absented themselves from work on New Year's Day have been convicted and each placed on a bond of £20 to obey the National Security (Holiday and Annual Leave) Regulations. These will be in force for the duration of the war and for six months afterward. Any man breaking the bond must pay £20 or go to gaol for a fortnight. In passing the sentence the magistrate said he adopted this course since the imprisonment o£ men eneasred in war work would only hamper the war effort, while fines might penalise people other than the defendants. . Hundreds more prosecutions for absenteeism on New Year's Day are still to be made. It is also announced that 119. miners and one mine manager are to be prosecuted for coal stoppages during the week.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 8, 11 January 1943, Page 3
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