FIREMEN FINED FOR THEFTS FROM SHIP.
Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, October 1. At Bluff to-day the police made a search of the Port Napier and the Manuka for stolen property. As a result, several firemen appeared before Mr W. B. Dixon, J.P., and Mr J. S. A. M’Dougall, J.P., to answer charges. Edward James and Charles Arnold, firemen, on the Manuka, were charged with receiving goods valued at £2O from some person unknown. Each was convicted and fined £lO, with costs 10s. Henry James Moirtgomery, charged with stealing six one-pound tins of milk, was fined £1 and costs, while William Taylor Whitaker, for receiving thenu was fined an equal amount. It was stated that the goods were stolen from the Port Napier.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18581, 2 October 1928, Page 5
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122FIREMEN FINED FOR THEFTS FROM SHIP. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18581, 2 October 1928, Page 5
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