LINEN FROM LUXURY LINERS
Theft Bv Seamen iN.Z.P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH. July 18. Bed linen of the finest quality from the luxury liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth was displayed in the Magistrate's Court this morning when four seamen from a vessel in port were charged with theft. Accused were Henry Russell George (22>. Reginald Hugh Cooper <44>. Owen Connelly (34). and George Gower >44). The total value of the goods was £2O. The men pleaded guilty. The police said that a large quantity of material from the two liners had been stored in Sydney, where the ships were stripped at the beginning of the war. This material was recently loaded for transhipment to England so that the liners could be refitted. While the vessel was at Port Chalmers considerable quantities of material had been pillaged and a search disclosed some in cabins of the accused. Each had a fair amount of wages due and the captain- wished them to sail to-morrow. Accused were fined £lO each, the money to be 1 paid forthwith.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23257, 19 July 1945, Page 4
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