MISUSE OF PASS
ENTRY GAINED TO WHARF I tip police look on this offence as a very serious one at the present time," said Sub-Inspector Cahvell in prosecuting in en for breaches of the Shipping Safety Emergency Regulations on January 12. The accused, 1 nomas William Avery, labourer, aged 41, and Sidney Balfour Smith, seaman, aged 52 (Mr. Aekins), both pleaded guilty. Mr. Cahvell said Avery and Smith met in the street and decided to <jo down to Smith's ship at Central Wharf. At the wharf gates Smith handed his unsigned crew pass to Avery and told the constable he had left his own on hoard. Avery signed Smith's pass after being warned not io if it was not his. and both went on the wharf but did not board the ship. They admitted the oli'eiiee when accosted. Remarking that ship masters should see their crew passes were signed by the holders, the magistrate, Mr. F. 11. hevien, fined each accused f'.o and entered convict ions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23863, 14 January 1941, Page 81
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