CREW OF THE CROSSHILL
SING'ON THEIR WAY TO PRISON.
(By Telegraph.—Eress." Association.) .. CpKISTCHUECH, 2nd April. .The twenty-six members of the crew of the Crosshill,: ■who lverc.found guilty on. Wednesday of c6mbihiug v;: : to impede the progress; of 'the vessel; were'; escorted to the' Paparua Prison, on Thursday to. undergo a -sentence .of four weeks' jrnprisonment. The-inen,:who. had been 1' allowed to s.ldop , on.'board oh Wednesday night, reported to. the police sta- | tioti at 1.30! a.m. on Thursday and were j inarched to the railway station under tho charge of three' constables. The monjnade the occasion one for some jolt . lification, singing "It Ain't Gonna Rain. No Mo," and "Show Me the Way to Go-Home.'.'.They took their seats quietly in a second-class carriage, where they altered the vocal contributions to "Let the Rest of the World Go By." , The Crosshill remains tied up at'the Gladstone Pior, tho date of her departure for Port Chalmers boinir unceritain. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 16
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155CREW OF THE CROSSHILL Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 16
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