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Monday, May 4, 1970 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		PORT HOBART (1946-1970 Cargo liner of Port Line, London) Own Page

Glasgow seaman to be deported from New Zealand after deserting PORT HOBART in Auckland
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

   A 27-year old seaman from Glasgow appeared in Court in Auckland, New Zealand, charged with deserting his ship, the PORT HOBART, about six weeks earlier.

   He was found guilty and the Court was told that Police had received an anonymous tip-off and found the man hiding in a hotel in the suburbs of Auckland.

   The man was sentenced to be deported from New Zealand on any ship or aircraft as directed by the Police.