PUNISHING A STOWAWAY.
' 'ALL THE DIRTY JOBS; '' London, -Feb. 9. , At West Ham Police Court. Edward Thomas Burman, aged 23, wh,o gave n Chelsea address, was'- charged wth be ing a stowaway on the Turakina. Counsel for the prosecution said the accused wont to Australia two year? ago. stayed there some tinie, then wen! to New Zealand, and at Auckland could not get work. On December 17th, when the Turakina was one' day out on the homeward voyage he.was discovered on board. When brought before the captain he offered to work. He was put to deck work and given all the dirtv jobs, which the third officer, Mr. A. W. Marshall, said he did extremely well. But tho presence of stowaways on the ships was a great nuisance to thtf crews and companies. Accused, pleading guilty, said he wanted to get home. The magistrate told prisoner he was glad to hear the excellent account of his behaviour. He wouVl sentence him to one day/s imprisonment.
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Shannon News, 1 April 1927, Page 3
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165PUNISHING A STOWAWAY. Shannon News, 1 April 1927, Page 3
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