SUBMARINE COMMANDER
ACCUSED OF THEFT
CASE DISMISSED
SHOREHAM, Aug. 12,.
Roland Mars Cobb joined the navy at 12, was in submarines during the war, was the youngest lieutenant in the navy in his day, and was decorated for gallantry. On dune 6, 1918, the submarine C 25 was bombarded' in the North Sea. The captain was- killed, the submarine damaged, .hut Cobb took command and sailed her back to port. 'two years ago Cobb and his wife joined a party to explore the Amazon. Ho lost the party, tramped through the jungle for days, struck a remote outpost, and reached the river by mule.
lie went, aboard an ancient, cattle steamer. Every mile Cobb and the crew landed and chopped down trees for fuel.. To-day, at. 38, he stood in the dock at, Shoroliain Police Court. lie was accused of "fraudulently abstracting gas, tho property of the Brighton and Hove Gas Company." When he did not pay his account, (he supply was cut oil'.
Tie. re-cortnectcd it to carry on bis photographic business —ho makes his Jiving by developing films over the weekend, and/ lias suffered heavily from the bad weather.
The ease was dismissed on payment of costs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 9
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199SUBMARINE COMMANDER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 9
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