STEAMER HELD UP.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 68, 22 March 1927, Page 11

STEAMER HELD UP.

TROUBLE ON THE WAITOWO

SEQUEL IN COURT. | I • THE BROTHERHOOD OF LABOUR." A case of an unusual nature was in the Supreme Court. Auckland, to-dav before Mr. Justice McGregor. ■*»!>• Ernest Arnold, formerly ship*, cook < the I'jil'-n ("n.j-iny's »tfar" Walt••:::• -tit d David r'r.-d.-rl. s. Wright. -hip"ran and Th<». Frederick And«-r-.n. ■>:n:<'U MHTt-tary. Arnold rMr. < .1 1 ., :i .•Uim« I damage- l-.th def-ndaM- • •11 tlu- -!our.d that th.-y had i !i<_.-'.h • • •:n!'iiit-.l with other lirffi.-ti t«« < «-:•• the I 11 ion ( on:jmnv into dismissing plain-, t. iT from hi- position on the -hip. Mr.' \ ialoiiv appeared for Wight and M; : H< .linden for Anderson. i Mr. * ahi: 1 -jt-.d whin the Waiton •• returned fioni Newcastle in Februari.i l'.'iti. a coir.plaint w :i- made bv the r.ir men regarding t-ert.iin f. --1 supt'li.-d t.-< them. Some of lh.- i-to' N ,hohl or- \v r-- 1 fused to go to sea unless Arnol.l was dl-mi--ttl. and — ri-us trouble wa-' '•aiiv.i. Andt-r->r. who adopted a \ tyrannieal a;titn,i>-. trl.-d to per-uad*--! \rno!d to leave th- -hir>. rnd told him | tl.it if he 1.-fll-ed to ... th,, \ , v. ould If put oil the Mad. 1.-t. Th. : whole of the firemen in ]-.rt at the tin. -j were inflamed again-: Arnold, and i;| was imj-os-ible to get crew for -i ; ■ mouth-. The I nion < tmpanv fir.ailv! put plaintiff ..n the Kaitoke. but had take him off again i.uin; to ;he attitud. of The firemen. He was given a ds\'uages. hut had not U-en employed 'i.y j the company -ince becau-e it wa- fenr-d . that trouble wt.nl.l be caused. Hi- Honor: That is what i- known as the br..therh.~«] of ]al»our. I -upj.o-e " I Mr. <. ahill i that'- exacth- i;. ( ottn-el -ul ntitted that owing to th.-a.-tion of Wright la ringleader of th,. j trouble) and Anderson. a- an official the Seamen's Union, an attempt w a . made to establi-h a sy-tematic bovcutt ' of an innocent man. " " I I Sour Sausages Cause the Trouble. 1 laintiff. in the w-itness l>ox. .—aid the , trouble aro-e in Australia when some I of the men declared that the meat which I witness cooked for the firemen's me-* ' was batl. As a matter of fart, it wa-i not liad. Further trouble was caused \ on the ship's arrival at Auckland, when the men complained about some sausages, which, as a matter of fact, were sour. Witness immediately cooked other meat for them. Lasting trouble was created. Mr. Cahill: As a matter of fact, the ship was held up for some months on account of the refusal of the firemen to go on duty with Arnold a- cook. His Honor: What! Held up on account of the sausages? Mr. Cahill: They were the oiiginal cause. I suppose. Witness, under further examination.! said there were fights and disturbances on the ship, and some of the firemen were intoxicated. There was a sequel in the Police Court, when some of the men were convicted for refusing to perform their allotted tasks. Mr. Vialoux (cross-examining): Is it true that your galley was in a dirty condition and you had not scrubbed it out since leaving Newcastle, New South Wale's?— That is not true. I I think the sausages were bad?— They were sour, but I had them condemned. His Honor: Proltably they were selfcondemnatory. (Laughter.) Mr. Vialoux: Is it true you were dismissed from the union? Witness: No. Ls it true that you were convicted of theft of ship's stores on another vessel in December, 1925!— What has that to do with it ? Mr. Vialoux (to his Honor): I submit thai he was dismissed from the union because of his conviction. I propose to prove that conviction. The case is proceeding.