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SEAMAN ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE (Per Press Association—Copyright) WELLINGTON, May 20, Charged with being absent on May 16 without leave from the Tort- Caioline within -1 hours ol sailing, Charles Holmes, 47. fireman, made the unusual excuse that members of the crew had kicked him oil the ship. The company’s representative said J the charge was not one of desertion, because of this fact, which the cap- > I tain had substantiated. The man did not report till yesterday after the ship had left for the United Kingdom. Apparently he had some trouble w.th other members of the crew, and they • would not let him return. i ( “| was kicked off the ship by three or lour of them, after they had • kicked me all over tho deck,” said . the defendant. i He was going on to say he was accused of taking money, when the | | Magistrate intervened: “Well, you are rather lucky not to have been I treated as a deserter. However, There i may be something in what you say.”'. He convicted Holmes and imposed a I ’ fine of 10s with costs, in default three t days’ hard labour. J £979 ACCIDENT COMPENSATION. 3 NAPIER, M"v 90. The sum of £750, in addition to £229 4s 5d admitted, with, costs, was awarded bv the jury in the Supreme , , Court at Napier to-da.v, when the sum of £2OOO was claimed by Charles U I Thomas Luxon, from Steve Kuzmich,. ag the result of an accident at Awn-, toto last September.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1937, Page 3
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