"GAMBLED IN LIVES."
ECHO TO GRAVE CHARGE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 29, 7.65 p.m. London, Oct. 29. William James Jones and Captain Plummer have been arrested on a charge of attempting to defraud underwriter?; r~AUs.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [This concerns the loss of the steamer Glendalough, near Belfast Lough. The Board of Trade inquiry found that the loss was due to the wilful act of Captain Plummer, acting m concert with WilHam James Jones, the owner, who insured the vessel for £BO,OOO, though the value, including the cargo, was only .. £17,000. "Jones aim wickedly gambled, not i>" 1w 'nfmoaey, but in the lives of men,' **fed the judgment]
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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108"GAMBLED IN LIVES." Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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