H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA.
• TROUBLE WITH CREW. (By Cable.—Pre« Ataooiation.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) MELBOURNE, Juno 9. It is announced that when the battleship Australia was ordered to leave Fremantle, some members of tho crew refused duty, as they wished to delay their departure in order to entertain somo friends. Petty officers got up steam and the vessel proceeded to boh, where she was stopped, and the men were ordered to their posts. This ordor they obeyed. Later seven men worn sentenced to 90 days' imprisonment; another is to be court-martialled.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16515, 10 June 1919, Page 7
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