STOWED AWAY “JUST FOR TRIP”
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, June 15. “What was the big idea of trying to get to America,’’ the magistrate, Mr. J. H. Luxforcl, asked John Vincent Millett. aged 20, a glassblower, who was charged with stowing away aboard the Marine Phoenix at Sydney. “Oh, just for a trip,’’ replied Millett. The police said the youth walked up the gangway and was discovered the first day out He had no money. The magistrate placed Millett on probation and ordered him to take employment and pay £ 12 10s to the Matson Line and when sufficient money was available, to return to Sydney.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19480616.2.88
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22665, 16 June 1948, Page 6
Word Count
103STOWED AWAY “JUST FOR TRIP” Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22665, 16 June 1948, Page 6
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in