DESERTION FROM SHIP
SEAMAN SENT TO PRISON (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON. Sept. 27. Sentence of six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour was imposed by Mr J. L. Stout. S.M., on George Norman, aged 37, a. seaman and fireman, for desertion from an overseas ship. . " . : The company representative said the ship was a food ship loading for the United Kingdom, and he suggested that desertions from such ships in certain cases could cause serious embarrassment to the whole community. , , , , Norman from the dock denounced the conditions existing on the ship.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24415, 28 September 1940, Page 16
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90DESERTION FROM SHIP Otago Daily Times, Issue 24415, 28 September 1940, Page 16
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