DESERTING SEAMEN
OWNERS' SERIOUS VIEW TWO MEN FINED £5 EACH [bv telegraph:—press association] BLENHEIM, "Wednesday The seriousness of the offence of ship desertion in wartime was stressed in the Police Court to-day. when John McFarlane and Richard Gorringe were each fined £5 and costs for deserting from an overseas steamer at Auckland on November 25.
The prosecutor stated that since deserting the accused had roamed aboui the country and had finally been arrested at the Woodbourne air station, ~ where they were engaged by the Public Works Department. The shipping company representative stressed that it was a very serious offence for seamen to desert overseas boats in wartime, as the delay caused the steamer might mean a grave inconvenience, and might well jeopardise the lives of those on board through missing a convoy. Owing to the demand for men on other classes of work in New Zealand, the replacement of deserters was often difficult. A salutary fine was desired.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23599, 7 March 1940, Page 8
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