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Deserters from Merchant Vessels.

Charles Anderson, Rudolph Olsen, and John Anderson are charged with deserting from the brigantine “ Nerderhof,” at Dunedin, on the 27th ultimo. Description : Charles Anderson is a German, a seaman, twenty years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout build, fair fresh complexion, brown hair, no hair on face ; dressed in bluejacket, brown-tweed trousers, and soft black hat; can speak very little English. Olsen is a German, a seaman, twenty years of age, 5 feet high, stout build, full face, fair complexion and hair, no hair on face; dressed in dark-tweed suit and elastic-side boots; can speak very little English. John Anderson is a Dane, a steward, nineteen years of age, about 5 feet high, slight build, fair complexion, very light hair, no hair on face, large mouth ; dressed in dark-tweed suit.

Frederick William Sharpe is charged, on warrant issued by the Lyttelton Bench, with deserting from the ship “ Waitangi,” at Lyttelton, on the 29th or 30th ultimo. Description : English, an apprentice-seaman, seventeen years of age, about 5 feet high, medium build, fair complexion and hair, blue eyes, large thick nose, when walking carries his head forward ; wore new soft black-felt hat with coid and tassel. A reward of £2 is offered for his arrest.

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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 10, 17 May 1882, Page 77

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Deserters from Merchant Vessels. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 10, 17 May 1882, Page 77

Deserters from Merchant Vessels. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 10, 17 May 1882, Page 77

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