THREE STOWAWAYS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 4, 5 July 1939, Page 13

THREE STOWAWAYS

ALL SENT TO PRISON

"CAME TO GET A JOB"

Hemarking that there was far too much Stowing away going on,. Mr. J; L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court today, convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour; three young men.'who pleaded guilty; to stowing away < pn. the 'Wanganella. They were James Norton,^ labourer^ aged 19, : Thomas. Daley, -$ labourer, aged 18, and; Henry James Clancy, a labourer, aged 27. One of the accused, said that, he came over because he had heard of bettep conditions- in New; Zealand. = ■ '

The; accused Daley was & nativeoorf r Queensland, said Sub^lnspector D. J, r O'Neill, and he had come to New Zealand about three ' iiionths • ago. At * about 6 p.m. on. June 23 in company with the. accused Norton, Jae boarded the Wanganella while, she was berthed at the wharf at Auckland. They mingled with the waterside workers "and succeeded in getting, aboard and concealing themselves in-.phe of the lifeboats.:1 Th ey.. remained; .there for about. 2J' days, - after .which they came out to look for food.- The company had to take them ail the way :to'Australia and bring them back. .The third man, .Clancy, boarded the vessel while she was berthed at Sydney on June 30, and five hours after she. sailed he gave himself up to the chief.officer. - Clancy' said that he- was born in New Zealand, and he had read about improved conditions on this side of the Tasman. He thought it would be a good idea to. come across, and he did so, not through any adventurous spirit, but to get a job.-■ The Magistrate: I suppose you have not read of the number of unemployed; we have got here? , ; " ' ." The accused said he "had friends in Christchurch, and he understood things were better in New Zealand "It is a bit doubtful Whether they; are any better here," said the Magistrate. ' ■