STOWAWAYS FINED.
WELLINGTON. February S. “ It is necessary that the court should inflict some punishment to act as a deterrent to others who contemplate having a free trip from Australia to New Zealand.” remarked Air T. B. M'Neill, S.M., in the Alagistrate’s Court, to-day, when sentencing Francis Patrick Cherry (a labourer, aged 20) and William David Quarringtou (carpenter, aged 23) on charges of stowing away on the Westmoreland from Brisbane to Wellington. Aeeneeff. mid Senior Sergeant Ward, had sone to Queensland from England nude- the hr.v.iigratiwi scheme. They had, both worked hi Qo&fetMland for a time, but latterly had out at work, vnd had eretded tn Art- Kofliimd. The emairti-aw imid Ae aiirpphef compavsies had bad s iprovl Assn! ef of late with <’4*>r>ww«y> K-j es-ci ae-c-tcezsd £2, tr re.sstqr fte shlpwtoy, s»H»wafjy fl»« osss: .-** keep. Default was fixed at 14 dayr’ Imprisonmeut in each case.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3961, 11 February 1930, Page 61
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146STOWAWAYS FINED. Otago Witness, Issue 3961, 11 February 1930, Page 61
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