A STRANGE CRAFT

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 88, 23 March 1931, Page 5

A STRANGE CRAFT

i SAILORS IN MOTOR-CAR

I IT WOULDN'T ANSWER HELM i Press Association. —Copyright. R a • BLENHEIM, This Day. bluejackets from HiM.S. Diobrede were stranded in Blenheim and had no means of reaching the ship in Picton before their leave expired. They found a motor-car in Alfred Street and “sailed” for Picton, but at Nolan’s crossing the strange craft refused to “answer the helm” and plunged down., the railway line, where it capsized, pinning the two men. They were discovered by a motorist and conveyed to Picton, where they were handed over to the warship. Their names are Charles William Mackie and Harold William Rawlinson, and the car is the property of Mr. J. M. Tripe, of Koromiko. It was rather badly damaged. The sailors were brought before the court and charged with wrongful conversion. Mackie was fined £2O or three months, and ordered to pay £2O towards the repaire, in default three months and two months, the sentences to be cumulative. Rawlinson was fined £lO or two aionths, and ordered to pay £3O towards, the cost of repairs.