CLIMBED FLAGPOLE TO HELP PAY FINE
^ " / AUCKLAND, July 19. T.o lielp pay a fine and thus avoid imprisonment for deserting his ship, a 36-year-old British season, Mr. H. E. Heinson, climbed the 55ft flagpole at W aikumete cemetery this morning to attach a halyard. Clinging grimly in a biting westerly squall, Mr. Heinson was aloft half an hour and descended grogg.v and half frozen. He had a heavy cold before climbing. Mr. Heinson received £3 from the city council for attaching the halyaftl from which a flag will fly over the servicemen 's section of the cemetery. Mr. Heinson said his first act on re turning to the city would be to make contact with the ' Magistrate's Court and pay the £3 as an instalment of the fine. Because his wife and children were ti red of living in England in austerity conditions, Mr. Heinson left his ship, the Ruahine, to lind employment in Auckland and save money to bring his family to the Dominion. Charged with desertion he was iined £10 and- given 14 davs to pay. He still needs more money to keep out of prison, he states.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 July 1947, Page 7
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