Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.
Michael Harrington is charged on warrant with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “Curaqoa,” at Port Chalmers, on the 12th ultimo. Description: A private of marines, a native of Ptymouth, twenty-two years of age, sft. 7in. high, brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. Supposed to have left Dunedin the same evening in the s.s. “ Penguin ” for Lyttelton. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest, in addition to £5 offered by the Colonial Government.
Joseph Burns is charged on warrant with deserting from Her Majesty’s sjhip “ Cordelia,” at Hobart, on the 15th ultimo. Description : Anymlinary-seaman, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, nineteen years of age, sft. siri. high, darkbrown hair, grey eyes, “ Fair Woman ” fattened on left arm. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest, in addition to £5 offered by the Colonial Government.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 4, 25 February 1891, Page 38
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140Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 4, 25 February 1891, Page 38
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