CROWDED DAYS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18991, 16 April 1936, Page 8

CROWDED DAYS

LIFE OF A SAILOR AN AMERICAN'S RECCED SYDNEY, April 5. A bridegroom of a few days is languishing in Long May gaol, awaiting a ship in lake him back to America. Ilia bride may .sot- liim only on visiting days. This is' the climax to 10 hectic nays in fho life of an American galley boy. in which fle crammed a whirlwind court ship, marriagie, and a honeymoon —which caused him to miss his ship—a dash fc Brisbane, a ' hike" half-way back Ic Sydney, arrest, and deportation older. The youth, who, is about 20 years ol age, arrived in Sydney by the City of Rayville. He met a girl at a dance hall, and the swift courtship culminated in marriage a day later. The time of the wedding ceremony, however, coincided with (he departure of his ship for Brisbane, and the City of Rayville sailed without him. A day's honeymoon warfollowed by a rush to catch the Brisbane express, but he arrived n't Brisbane wharf in time to see his ship steaming down the stream on its return voyage to America,

Penniless, the erstwhile galley boy (le ciiled lo walk back In Sydney and his bride. lie wore (he soles off'his shoes when Sydney'was still far nit', and he then set about walking back lo Brisbane. On the outskirts of Hut ritv. however, he was accosted by a policeman, and was taken in charge as a. deserter. A deportation order followed. Another ship of_Jhe line, the Jeff Davis, arrived in Brisbane a few days later, and the youth was placed aboard. lie arrived back in Sydney yesterday, but, instead of his bride, found several Water Police awaiting) him. He was taken out to Long liav gaol, to await the return of the Jeff Davis In Sydney, several ilavs hence.