AWATEA STOWAWAYS
FINED £lO EACH. f Per Press Association. Copyright.] WELLINGTON, This Day. Four young men found as stowaways aboard the liner Awatea were fined £lO each by Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., yesterday after pleading guilty. They were: Reginald George Marshall, aged 23, journalist; William Comes, aged 25, wood cutting machinist; Clifford Josiah Potts, aged 25, French polisher; and Thomas James Craney, aged 22, bread carter.
The police stated that Craney, who had quarrelled with his father in New Zealand, had tried vainly to find work in and about Sydney. Marshall, who was a New Zealander, went to Australia owing to trouble over Which he as about to be charged. The other two were Englishmen, who had had £6O between them, but it had been lost or stolen.
The magistrate said they were all deserving of some pity, but stowing away was a serious matter. Marshall was further charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £25 at Hamilton in October, 1935, and was remanded on bail to Hamilton.
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Northern Advocate, 6 January 1937, Page 3
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