Seaman Deserted After 'Fight For Life '
PERTH, This Day. A plea that he was not guaranteed protection from crew members who had threatened to harm him did not avail a New Zealand merchant seaman, Nicholas Cooney. 23, who was charged in the Fremantle Police Court with having deserted from the motor vessel Wairangi on January 19. He was fined £lO. Cooney said that when lie returned to the vessel in which he was employed as steward, he was attacked by some members of the crew. While he was “fighting for life” his hands had been badly smashed. Unable to get protection aboard he had left the vessel and been admitted to hospital. On discharge he had obtained employment in Perth.
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Northern Advocate, 14 June 1947, Page 8
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