SHIP DESERTION
MEN FINED AT BLENHEIM. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) BLENHEIM. March 6. The seriousness of the offence of shin desertion in war time was stressed in the Police Court todav, when John. McFarlane ami Richard Gorringe were each fined £5 and £1 costs for deserting from the overseas steamer Rotorua at Auckland on November 25. The prosecutor stated that since deserting the accused had roamed about the country. They were finally arrested nt the Woodbourne Air Station, where they were engaged on public work's. The shipping company stressed that, it was a very serious offence for seamen io desert overseas ships in war time, as the delay caused to the steamer might, mean grave inconvenience and might well jeopardise the lives of those on board through a convoy being missed. Owing to the demand for men on other classes of work in New Zealand, the replacement of deserters was often difficult. In the circumstances, a salutary fine was desired.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 March 1940, Page 3
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