PROTEST BY CREW
Sick Seaman’s Return (N.Z. Press Association) TIMARU, May 25. Twelve seamen in the Hong Kong freighter Daisen stopped work today for three hours in protest against alleged ill-treatment of a fellow crew -member suffering from tuberculosis. The quartermaster, Ching Ai Wuen, aged 46. has been in the Timaru Hospital since May 12. He will rejoin the ship on Tuesday when she sails direct for Nagoya, Japan. The seamen complained that in the interests of themselves and the sick man he should remain in Timaru until fully recovered. They considered he would be a danger to their health. The ship’s master, Captain C. Lines, denied the seamen's claims.
He said the doctors had given their permission for Ching to return to the Daisen and to make the trip to Japan. It would have been too expensive to have kept him in Timaru. said Captain Lines The company would pay for his medical treatment in Hong Kong.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620526.2.95
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CI, Issue 29832, 26 May 1962, Page 10
Word Count
158PROTEST BY CREW Press, Volume CI, Issue 29832, 26 May 1962, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.