FOREIGNERS AND THEIR CAPTAIN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 5

FOREIGNERS AND THEIR CAPTAIN.

S,V.-;OTO^W'-P6'VraßiESS.v;;;:::.'v : 'j /,. (By TeleEriiph.—Press"/Association.) ■;.;; : ' IV -.'■■;■■"'■;■'■■'■■;'V.'i'j:■'•'■ 7. J/ ,■.; A unique condition of affairs, prouUcibg an■,extraordinary deidlock,. has oi'isen betwoen. the 'captain,and' crew. Of :the Nor;wogian- barque: pdd,' now-lying at Westipoi't..; The , '/diffloulties , obtaining lr are > chielly. duo to.' the 'fact that : the Odd, .be-,iug-a,foreign .vessel, is;not subject. to tho:new;,shiilpuig law. ;..'; : _...; :...: :■ v. _ ; vlTpon '■■ the arrival' of ~tno boique-froin Matupi; the crew.presented to tho.VicoCo'nsui; for Nonvay Vα'. covering, matters'of' food , Bupply,- etc., and -demanding; that they be paid ■ offiat this port,;;T£i3 Captains Torgensen , deolined; to iagree-.to, and, denied that there were, any, grpunda. : for, food complaints, ihe mates and ; seamen then- refused; to 'worki-' i ibttt-)"declined:,"to:: leave/the. ship. The, result has bcen'that shore labour , has had to -bo employed in; discharging ballast' • '.-■; ; :,•■.-.' ■■'.-: •-!.-,. ; '■.■'■.•.•.-.' ■:..:.;..-,- • , As ..things••stand' at present,- the, brow, refuse, to work or: leavo tho^ship,; and the'., captain.-' refuses -fo : 'dischargo. theni; It. would ,seGm •that lack of'jurisdictiori over , a ■ foreign' ilag, prevents 'the - rights and/wrongs of the.,dispute, being .investigated in the llagistfate's Court, and. to have. the case. dealt with in Norway would be a nrotracted and exponsivo matter. ~•',,: :. .-■;,. ,-■..■'■■■'., ...