KNEW THEY WOULD GET GAOL.
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WANGANUI,. Feb. 19. ' 1 We thought Ve Would try to make _a new start .here in New Zealand, ' ' said Kevin Michael Hicks, aged 23," when he and Reginald Frederick Baxter, aged 20, admitted in the Police Court this morning 'to deserting from the Atlantis at Wellington. 1 The police said both. men, who .had been stewards afloat, had tried to' surrendel* to the police on Monday afternoon but no warrants were then issued so the men had to wait. They told Mr. Salmon, S.M., that j when they reached New Zealand they i decided to stay, well aware' that imprisonment would follow desertion. They were sentenced tq 14 days in guol, " - - .
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 February 1948, Page 3
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119KNEW THEY WOULD GET GAOL. Chronicle (Levin), 20 February 1948, Page 3
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