Attempt to Desert
TIITRTY MEN JUMP ASHORE. [BY BLKCTRIO TELEGItAPH-COrrRIOHT.] FRK.UANTLF. November 12. As tho steamer was leaving the wharf, thirty iiremon and deck-h rinds jumped ashore. The cause of the trouble was rigid enforcement of discipline. The deserters wore arrested. Four of the ringleaders Mere sentenced to fourteen days' and the remainder to twelve hours' imprisonment, loss of a day's pay, and placed aboard again.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1911, Page 3
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66Attempt to Desert Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1911, Page 3
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