INTENDED TO BE MARRIED YESTERDAY
Magistrate However ' Compels Interview AND STOKEHOLD HAND GOES TO GAOL [Per Press Association.]) NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. William Smith intended to he married to-day, but instead he was compelled to keep an appointment at the Police Court because he, along with John William Rust and Joseph Marks, members of .the stokehold staff of the liner Rimutaka, left the ship without the permission of the master. He arrived with a marriage license which appeared to amuse greatly his incredulous mates. Smith stepped into the box to tell the Magistrate he was to have been married that day. He was not willing to go back to the ship. He wished to stay in the country, offering as an additional reason that his eyesight was defective. The other men were willing to go back. All were sent to.g&ol, and are to bo placed on the ship before she leaves Wellington on March 12.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3539, 22 February 1927, Page 7
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155INTENDED TO BE MARRIED YESTERDAY Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3539, 22 February 1927, Page 7
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