ENJOYED THE CHANGE.
SHIP'S FIREMEN IN GAOL. The firemen from the steamer Marama i.says the N.Z. Herald) who were released on Wednesday after serving 12 days in Mount Eden gaol for cornLining to disobey orders on Hie high »oas, seamed quite sorry to leave t tie institution. From all accounts they regarded their sojourn in prison as a welcome change. Working in the quarry m liie sunny spring weather they mode light of their labours, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Accordingly the pTospeot of spending the whole month in gaol did not appear at till objectionable. "It would do me," said one of the stokehold crew appreciatively. ''A fair day's work, 'good tucker,' and a bunk—what more do you want? And now the hard part, of it is, 1 have got to look for a job." ? Severn! of the men left yesterday '» for HiiiiHy in search of work at the | coalmines, and others sought em- j pioym>eul ai various places in me j city. -__—
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Otaki Mail, 19 September 1923, Page 4
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163ENJOYED THE CHANGE. Otaki Mail, 19 September 1923, Page 4
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