TRAVELLED SECOND-CLASS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 775, 23 September 1929, Page 1

TRAVELLED SECOND-CLASS

AORANGI STOWAWAY FOUND WHEN VOYAGE ENDED Last evening, when the passenger list of tile Aorangi was being checked, George Clifford, a stowaway, was tound in the second-class saloon. Clifford walked on to the ship at Sydney and booked a seat in the dining saloon. Nobody noticed that he hud not paid his fare until last evening. It was stated that he had been in business in Sydney and that he had gone bankrupt, hence his effort to get a free passage to either New Zealand or Canada. Clifford, a salesman, aged 25, pleaded guilty at the Police Court this morning to a charge of stowing away on the Aorangi at Sydney on September 19. Sub-Inspector McCarthy said he understood that the man had gone aboard with the intention of eventually working his passage to Canada. According to an officer of the ship, the stowaway had been discovered only last evening when the ship was >!I the New Zealand coast. He had Lien found down in the second class and should have paid an £S fare. Observing that the man had only Us 2d in his possession, Mr. F. K. Bunt, S.M., imposed a fine or £S, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. Clifford asked for a chance, but the magistrate said that he could hardly expect to get off after gaining a free Passage to the Dominion. “We are having a great deal of trouble with men like you,” ho said. 'ln the event of the fine being paid vill the amount be paid to the shipcompany'."’ asked the officer. 'Don’t worry, it won’t be paid,” countered the magistrate.