DESERTING SEAMEN FINED
UNUSUAL CASE AT BLENHEIM.. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Blenheim, Last Night. Charged at the Police Court to-day with deserting from the ship Kia Ora at Wellington on May 14, 1928, Owen Derrick, aged 41 years,, pleaded guilty. Phe charge was an unusual one for Blenheim and appearance here was accounted for by his'arrest at Wha.ra.nui. Sergeant Petersen mentioned that the shipping company did not want the man back. He added that police costs totalling £3 Os (id had been, incurred and Derrick was in a position to pay. Derrick was fined £2 plus £3 Os (id costs. * ; - !, : -
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1930, Page 6
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