DISTURBANCES ON SHIP

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 270, 27 August 1946, Page 3

DISTURBANCES ON SHIP

RING-LEADERS TO BE LOGGED (Rec. 12.30 p.m. (SYDNEY, This Day. The ring-leaders of the disturbances on the Marine Falcon on Sunday night will he logged and brought before the United States Coast Guard for disciplinary action when the ship reaches America, according to the Australian representative of the Matson Line, Mr E. D. Walker. No further trouble on the ship was expected, he said. The worlt offender was a drunk, and when he was put. in the “brig,” all the rest became quiet.

NOTHING WRONG WITH SHIP HERB MELLER’S VIEWS' (P.A.) DUNEDIN. This Day. “I travelled on the Marine Falcon, and you can take it. from me there was nothing wrong with the ship,” said Herb Meller, the professional westler, in an interview this morning. “It was clean and well-kept, and tlie crew was as good as any other crew. As for them molesting white women, you can blame the women. There were some who would do anything for . a bottle of whisky. The ship was built as a troop transport. It was air-con-ditioned, and was cleaned out regularly three times a day.”

“What do they expect for 200 bucks anyway?” asked Meller. “I have travelled on the Queen Mary, and if it was not quite in that class, there was nothing wrong with it.”