ROMANCE AND CRIME.

Shannon News, 18 September 1923, Page 4

ROMANCE AND CRIME.

ON IMMIGRANT SHIP. MANY LOVE NESTS. Stories o.f romance, crime, and adventure arc brought to Sydney by almost every immigrant ship that arrives here nowadays. It is unlikely, however, that the records of any other immigrant ship that has been here recently would seriously challenge that of the Cammonwalth Government steamer Jervis Bay, which arrived from London recently.

One passenger was put in irons for a night because he attacked his cabin mate and . broke his nose. An immigrant was put; off the vessel at Port Said because he would continue playing “Crown and Anchor” after he had been warned frequently not to do so by the ship’s officers. The vessel ran aground in the channel on one occasion. A native was discovered asleep in the stokehold after the vessel left Colombo, and had to be sent- ashore. A petty officer proposed to one of the lady passengers on the first day of the trip, and, later, the two became engaged. Six other girls also found their affinities, before the Jervis Bay reached Melbourne. Over forty of the other girls had heat strokes when passing through the tropics. The heat was dreadful. A man who had won a girl's affection on board is said to have managed to fleece her o,f £ll. When the boat arrived at Melbourne it was found that he was already the possessor of a wife and two kiddies. He was, later, arrested, but not, it is alleged, before he had spent most of the lady’s cash at the ship’s bar. An A.B. brought his wife out with him, and, owing to the regulations of the line, he was not allowed to speak to her. The law distinctly says that; a member of the crew must not speak to the passengers. One of the man’s mates, however, stated that the husband did manage to meet his wife. Whether he was detected was not known, but it is said that he was logged for some breach. He left; the vessel with his wife at Melbourne, the he had signed on. All concerned were very reticent about the incident which terminated in one of the passengers being put in irons for a night. The welfare officer said that one of the Passengers attacked his room mate and broke his nose. The cause of the trouble was not knoiwn, but the captain had the aggressoT put in irons. Next morning, as the injured man refused to lay any cOxarge against him, he was liberated.