A RECALCITRANT FIREMAN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15338, 23 July 1915, Page 4

A RECALCITRANT FIREMAN.

■_ 9 ■ STEAMEK WAHVERA DELAYED. CPP.IS3 ASSOCIATION" TEUCGRAU.) AUCKLAND. July 22. The defection of ono of her nremou j caused a delay of six hours iv getting the Shaw, Bavill steamer Waiwera | away Tor London tliis moraing. Tho steamer left the Queen's "Wharf at (>.Jo a.m., but as the innn in question | had taken an early opportunity of going ashore, she whs obliged to anchor iti the stream. A diligent search was mado ashore, hut without avail "til I - late in the-morning, when Acting-De-tective Gotiriey discovered the inissms mair? v. burly Xorwogian, in n state of liquor in. Customs street. A taxi-cab' was found necessary io v the man's conveyance to th« man-o'-ivar steps, but there the captive resisted so soitriy that tho Deteeth'p and Constable l*lcHußh had a hard job to set him aboard a launch. When -the latter reached the- side of the steamer, the man renewed his struggles, possibly having vis'ons of German submarines at the end of the voyage. As there was i a fair sea running, and he resolutely declined to mount the accommodation ladder, the police adopted the expedient of trussing hin; up with, rope, and attaching his bonds to n oouple of lines let over tho ship's side. By this mean? he wa§ hauled aboard, protesting loudly, and locked iip hi. a cabin until such time- as work should appeal to him once again.