STRIKERS IN GAOL
MAY BE RELEASED AND REPATRIATED. MINISTER'S STATEMENT. (misi amocutiox WELLINGTON, Dct&nbcr 21, A movoment is on foot in Attekland for the release of a ntunbtt of strikers (British seamen) who are itill in gaol, before their sontcnees expire, if thcro is a steamer available for ♦Htt to bo sent to England At dlltTNMd British seamen. Tho following tolegram on the subject has been sent to Mr M. J. Savage, M.P. for Auckland West, by the Minister of Justice, Sir Janes V»*r: "Referring to the interview which yon and other members of Parliament lad with mo nt Auckland recently, irlea it was urged that seamen from o*erseas ships now in gaol at Ancktatd should be released and repatriated! as I indicated at the time, the Blatter is ono of Government and X hftVo now had an opportunity of discussing it with the Government "I find in the first place that arrangetoonta had already been made for sufficient accommodation to enable between DO and 100 men to be repatriated by the s.s. lonic. It was found that only somo 30 men were offering, tfcoulk obviously Wore arc at liberty in Asaland. The balance of space was there* fore resorved for mon who tniflt 1* available in Wellington, bnt SO rlr enquiries have failed to discover any such men, and, as the vessel is de|Murtia| immediately, there is no time to from Auckland men who ate now i* gaol. ' "I think it is inadvisable, and opposed to tho men' 4 interest*, particularly as many of theift are Vftfe ably Without Means, that they «&mld bo released before arl-angementa efcn be made for their repatriation to Great Britain. The Marine Department It endeavouring to mako requisite AQtaffr* mcnts for further repatriations, and, assuming this to be possible, I Ml w< pared to authorise the release otttwi* numbers suitable to the available oil the definite of course, that the men underttfce fulfil the arrangements made In taw mt>
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18571, 22 December 1925, Page 12
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