"The company regard this as a. very serious offence,” declared Detective Nuttall in the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Friday, apropos of the case of Alfred Thomas Sharp, who had deserted from the steamer Kumara. Accused, continued the detective, was the vessel’s chief steward. He absented himself on the previous Sunday, and was not heard of again until arrested by Detective Tricklebank in the act of | boarding the Mararna on Thursday. The man had been in charge of a large quantity of stores, and was in a totally different position from the ordinary seaman. The vessel had since left Xew Zealand, and the company had been put to considerable inconvenience. Sharp, who advanced no explanation for his conduct, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1925, Page 4
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144Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1925, Page 4
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