DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 22 May 1942, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

SEAMEN FINED AUCKLAND, May 19. “When one sees these brave ships coming from the other side of the world, one regrets to know that sometimes there is something rotten in them,” said the Magistrate (Mr F. H. Levien) in fining six young seamen £2O each, two of them for the theft of -silk stockings and other goods, and four for being found in possession of goods that had not been through the customs. All pleaded guilty. The goods concerned in the charges were valued at about £BOl The police said the goods were stolen from cases stacked on the bridge of a vessel on which the accused were employed. Four were caught bringing goods ashore that had not passed the customs and other stolen goods were found on board the ship. The men had signed on in England for the round trip. “Were it not for the fact you are leaving on your ship soon I would have sentenced you all to a reasonable term of imprisonment,” said the Magistrate, in imposing the fines. “The offences are the more serious because the goods you stole are so scarce.” CYCLIST FATALLY INJURED CHRISTCHURCH, May 19. Charles Morris, aged 69, married, of 430 Selwyn Street, Addington, was fatally injured when riding a bicycle he collided with a tram this afternoon. The accident /occurred in Oxford Terrace. He was admitpital with a fractured skull, and died this evening. ted to the Christchurch Public Hos-