TWO STOWAWAYS
PRAISED BY CAPTAIN NO WORK IN LONDON Unable to find work in London after voyaging from Australia, John Burke, aged 25, and John Fenton Toomey, two years his friend’s junior, resolved to leave the teeming millions of the great metropolis for the promising shores of New Zealand. Accordingly they stowed away on the good ship Mamari, which left London on April 30. Shortly after leaving England they were discovered, and on the ship’s arrival in Auckland, in accordance with regulations, were handed over to the police. Sub-Inspector Lewin told the court that the captain of the vessel spoke very highly of the stowaways who, he said, had worked well on the voyage and had given every assistance in bad weather. Having taken the oath of allegiance and satisfied tne Customs authorities in all respects, there was no reason for sending the adventurers back again. Both were convicted and discharged.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 June 1927, Page 1
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151TWO STOWAWAYS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 June 1927, Page 1
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