CARGO BROACHING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18573, 27 November 1920, Page 11

CARGO BROACHING.

TPer Press Association.] < AUCKLAND, November 26. At the Police Court William Janies Murphy, a coal-trimmer on the Orari, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour. During the voyage from London a hole was cut in a partition between one of the coal bunkers and the hold, and fifteen oases of cargo were broken open. Most of , them contained men’s underwear. A search resulted in the discovery of a quantity of underwear in the forecastle, and the accused admitted taking about ills worth. The broaching was done after the ship left the Panama Canal.