NIAGARA SAILS.
SEAMEN NONPLUSSED.
Dismayed by Engagement of Volunteer Crew. FIRST CALL AT SUVA. United Press Association.—Copyright (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The "Sydney Morning Herald" says the Seamen's Union was dismayed when- it was learned that the Niagara had sailed on Saturday. The seamen had scouted the suggestion that the company would take a strong hand and dispatch the vessel with a nonunion crew, contending that the owners were attempting to intimidate them into manning the steamer and that they would hold the volunteers in reserve. After being held up for nine days in consequence of a labour dispute, the liner Niagara, manned by a volunteer crew, sailed at seven 'o'clock on Saturday night for Vancouver. The police prevented any kind of demonstration. The Niagara's first call will be at Suva. More men offered than were needed, and an examination of their credentials continued throughout the day. A number of trades unionists with good discharges were included among those selected. The crew commenced to embark about noon, a squad of police safeguarding their movements to the ship's side. There are 22 passengers on board, one of them having the entire first-class accommodation to himself. The vessel carries about 1100 tons of cargo.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 249, 21 October 1935, Page 7
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NIAGARA SAILS.
Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 249, 21 October 1935, Page 7
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