AN ALLEGED

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 284, 1 December 1915, Page 8

AN ALLEGED

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AUCKLAND, Dec. 1. " An exciting scene occurred prior to the departure "? the Makura. for Van- ' cauver last h• • ;ng. It was reported that «i youiij:; - n.n of military age was • about to lea v o die country. About "•30 feliow-empMyees assembled on the - wharf, haying, obtained an hour s irom/tfeeir;seniployer,:to.seo tho _ ■ before .ho leit Ahbw Zealainffis^ores. -■/ '"■■'-, ;_ • '^ 1 As he^arr^ed Avith lus luggage tSsere were -loud cries of "Shirker! 'The cart containing the would-be passenger and hk luggage was turned round and headed up the wharf, o,nd it AVas not allo-A-ed to return until the ship was clear of ihe wharf. r;, Meanwhile the . so-called "shirker had a lively ten minutes. Eventiiaily s, jeering crov/d accompanied the cart &ad the badly-seared occupant a long •way up the street. . >