MATE PUT IN IRONS.
TROUBLE ON NORWEGIAN SHIP. 17 I ‘.United Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY, March 18; Allegations that for a small offence at Papeete he was placed in irons for 24 hours and imprisoned in a. cabin for six weeks until the ship arrived, aft Newcastle to-day were made by Sumle, second mate of the Norwegian steamer June. Tlie Vice-Consul for Norway is ' conducting an inquiry, at which Sunde stated that he took a bottle of.wine from a bag near the captaih’s cabin. When the captain arrived bn board lie ordered the whole crew into the. bunker hatch, herding them with a revolver. Later Sunde was locked in a cabin with rusty handcuffs on life wrists. Captain Hanneyig’s version is that when he arrived aboard lie- found there, had been almost a riot. The crew had stolen a quantity of liquor and' , 'were drunk. “I held them tip with a revolver,” he added, “and 'armed all officers with batons. Sunde threatened me with his fists.” 7
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 134, 19 March 1931, Page 5
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