KARETU HELD UP
* CREW TO BE PAID OFF •TO-DAY (rnisa absocutiob teleoeau.) AUCKLAND, November 15. Owing to trouble with the crew, the Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Karetu did not sail for Port Kembla and Newcastle to-night as was intended. The vessel, was a fireman short, and as the question of filling his place could not be settled to the satisfaction of both the men and the company, the vessel could not put to sea. The was. given 24 hours' notice and "will be paid off to-morrow.
The man who is credited with having fired the'last shot of the Great War at sea has retired from the command of the South. African Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, states a Reuler message from Cape Town. He is Commander Maurice Green, V.D., who in civilian life is Clerk of the Union Senate. He has been an officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for 28 years, having joined shortly after its establishment in Cape Town. The day before the Armistice was signed, - his ship, H.M.S. Dragon was in action with enemy seaplanes in the Heligoland Bight, and it was then that Commander Green is believed to have fired the last shot of the war at sea.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 19
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