FAKING OF SHINGLE.
FORMER METHODS RECALLED.
The lax way in which shingle was obtamed years ago, before ,the Marine Department took control of;- the beaches, was referred to by scow masters giving evidence in the Supreme Court yesterday. Another witness, who owned part of Waiheke Island, spoke jof visits by scows, which took shingle without permission from lonely beaches. "Stole it, you mean," said Mr. Meredith, for. the Attorney-General. Mr. Justice Herdman used,a milder term, suggesting that the scow men had "helped themselves in the silent watches '; of the night." -"■ Incidentally, one scow master referred to the time when he , was wheeling a barrow, which seemed to suggest that men work-. ing in shingle scows were more sea-going navvies than sailors. At < any rate, they had to be able,' when wading, to "walk the plank "—-a phrase which at one time had a sinister salt-water flavour all its .Own. • ■■•;■;. ;:'.:; . ■'.;'.' ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 7
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