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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 148, 24 June 1901, Page 5

Captain Edwin advises: "Indications of frost to-night and poor tides."' The Newton Pigeon and Canary Club's show closed at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, being well patronised throughout. Ju audition to the officers already mentioned as having worked hard to ensure the success of the show, the hon. treasurer, Mr J. ; Taylor, also contributed Jii« quota towards the satisfactory result achieved. The cup Lor the best pigeon in the show was won by Mr !J. Walker, and not as first announced by the officials by Mr It. Warnock. The winner was an English carrier bred by Mr Arthur Gapes. The Sydney "Evening News" in an interview with some of the returned N S VV. troopers gives an account of the "recent alleged mutiny incident on the troophip Morayshire, to which reference was made in our cables lately. One of the troopers said: >lOn the third day out trouble was brewing, and of course all the boys were determined to stand by each other. We were on deck one day, when Major Tun bridge passed. Certain orders had been issued Mf h'ilux previously, and when he went by some one hit him on the head with a potato. The major then turned round and said, 'I don't think you have enough- work to do; I will see if I can't find some for you." Of course, no one said anything, and nothing more was heard of the potato-throw-in°- incident. Orders then came out for the men to turn to and start holystoning decks. Well, we agreed among ourselves not to' do it. Three men from New South Wales, two from Queensland, one from South Australia, one from West Australia, and one from Victoria? were called up, and ordered to turn to. They refused, and as a res-ult were locked up. Now, no one else was called on, so all hands didn't get a chance to refuse—they would have refused all right—and it was punishing the other men, and not everybody else, which riled us—if one or two were guilty of anything, well, then, so were all hands. The men who refused were afterwards tried by court-martial, and ordered 42 days' imprisonment. The troopers held a meeting, and asked the officers to release the men. This was not done, so all hands simply took charge, and we released them ourselves. We did this because we objected to the few being made prisoners when everyone else was just as much to blame as they were." Six of the men went back to the guard-room, and of course when we saw tha.t they didn't seem to care, well, we let the thing drop.' "