STOWAWAY’S CONDUCT
“ALL THE DIRTY JOBS.” LONDON, Feb. 9. At the West Ham Police Court Edward Thomas Burman, aged 23, who gave a Chelsea address, was charged with being a stowaway on the Turakina. Counsel for the prosecution said the accused went to Australia two years ago, stayed there for some time, then went to Now Zealand, and at Auckland could not get work. On December 17, when the Turakina was one day out on the homeward voyage, he was discovered on board. When brought before the captain he offered to work. .He was put to deck work and given all the dirty jobs, whicn th third officer, Mr A. W. Marshall, said he did extremely well. But the presence of stowaways on the ships was a great nuisance to the crews and the companies. Accused, pleading guilty, said he wanted to get home. The magistrate told prisoner he was glad to hear the excellent account of his behaviour. He would sentence him to one day’s Imprisonment.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3565, 24 March 1927, Page 7
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