Voyage on the Fairy Belle Ends in Shock and Strife
Laurence Averil, Oxford graduate, endures a brutal voyage on the trawler Fairy Belle under Jock Menzies. After fighting aboard and facing fear of death at sea, he returns to Leith to confront a ledger revealing his late father’s dishonesty and a life altered by Harper’s offer.
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Laurence Averil
Oxford
Laurence
Clement Harper
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Jock Menzies
Taurence
William Clitheroe
Jack Menzies
Oscar
Lawrence
Menzies
Aew
Harper
Iceland
Hebrides
Laurence Delays Apprenticeship Seeks One More Voyage
In a fragment from a shipboard tale Laurence, home from a brief voyage, learns he is owed seven years’ pay from I Averi and confronts the wage reality. Clement Harper taunts him about the life ashore as Laurence resolves to try one more voyage before rejoining the sea. He draws his pay of seventeen pounds eleven and agrees to dine with Harper that night before departing again in three days.
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Pigeon Shooting Case Sees Appeal Reversed in Court
Justice Chapman reserved decision in the Feilding pigeon shooting appeal. The Palmerston North court heard that field sports inflicting pain to birds may be lawful if the act has a proper object. The judge emphasized no clear ban on shooting pigeons and allowed the appeal without costa, aiding gun clubs and society.
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Tangier Atrocity and a Rheumotherapy Ad
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