Soldiers Spoke Too Loudly; Constable Heard
Three soldiers travelling into Whangarei in a bus talked so loudly of bottled beer that Constable Ross, who was also a passenger, overheard them. As two of them were Maoris, the ! third being a European, his cuiiosity j was aroused and he followed them to the patriotic stall in Rust Lane, finding I them behind the building each with a I bottle of beer. As an outcome To Umuroa Keepa and Shortland Rivers were each charged in the Whangarei Court this morning with aiding, assisting, counselling or procuring a person unknown in the commission of the offence of supplying liquor to a native in a proclaimed area. Evidence of what he had heard, done and found, was given by Constable Ross. Sergeant R. E. McGeltigan, in reply to the magistrate (Mr. Raymond Ferner) said that no charge had been brought against the Euronoan soldier. The Maoris had not been dealt with by the military authorities. Remarking that the evidence was slender, the magistrate convicted and discharged both men.
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Northern Advocate, 17 November 1941, Page 2
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