FOREIGN BARQUE STUCK UP.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 4

FOREIGN BARQUE STUCK UP.

THEIB LAW AND OTJES. (By TelCEraph.—Press Association.)

-"'.; .-■■;■;'v','/•. ; Westport, Jannary .29.'.:.";■'V.■■-. : . : . ; - The/; mate.Y.Xthe/; second. ! mate,, : ' : twa ■/. ;■ A;B.'s, and-two boysfrom'vthe:Norwegian '.-'., ./ ./barque- .Odd--'appeared;.to-day! before tho; ' ,;' magistrate ;.:(Mr.:.;;Eawson), ;■:and, f were ';'• oharged'■ (1), '.with■' disobeying / tho'- lawful .-••;, '•'commands:of.Captdn.Torgensen, imasterv: ; ' , /of: : ther ship,'./and.(2):-with.:conibining::tf>.';: : \' disobey'/bis commands.,-';.V- v ■.';■'. V ;■'. ■'~".': ■ ! The' case was 1 a somewha't unusual onal'. -~; .. On the Vessel's' return' to:Westport from;;','/■/ Matupi,': in', the. Is|ands, : ,;the. crew;' (u> (';• J ; ■ eluding '.: the 'mates), claimed'/ their ..die- ;.;. ; ,;'; 'charge ; on-;the : . ground'/that "master .';',-, ofithe'.Vessel.had.not observed'tie diet-;, V '. ary regulations: cof;;their;articles/ -;AH :.:'-■; •stated -• that 'the.:food" and; water. LWero,-; '~ very bad, and the": Norwegian 'Vice-Consul ' ! : ; r :, 'at;. Westpprt : (Mn/Whyfe) .<held; an *in- • ■': quiry, and'gave/;eertain decisions, ;bul./: '-'. ;; 'refused/to give.;tho';men'.their.dis^aige.^ : !.i;'.' Thenlen' then declined'to resume/work;' ;:;.': The ..■ matter -was"-'.consequently/'./referred;..;;/"■ .to-theConsul; at. Wellington, before whom /' ;.': / : 6ertaiil'imtten\ovidencß:Tas ; ;.plßx^|.M^'.''';'\', he ruled'.that the men had.'some ; 'gfpiihd«.'<,;::; -.for., complaint.'-'but;- insufficient to war-'',.-.; rant. their/discharge.'.. -■'He'- ordered- .th« :;...:. reprbvisioning '--'at ;the;vessel,';nnd'.the.rev',, ■turu'of;/the;men : Vto;,wbrkl<;; They,'still: J;:i beforerthe.'Magistrate's i.Cburt, under,th«..';;;/,: been asoertainedxthat .a/Gazette; ndtioo V/;;: of 1853' states; tliat. "Norway, : for recipro-':;.,"''; cal provision, had* agreed' to'dllow such.;..:-'.. cases to'be v heard/in-.New Zealand courts.-.,: ..'.Counsel:for the,master,(Mr, McDonald) /.',? submitted;;however,'.that the., magistrate..,-.".. could not go'into. a. matter;in/dispute.:;. /upon which' -.the; Consul's; deoision.had:-,- . .been given,:'.'but:. could ...merely...decide v'. ■/whether'- the,:commands '■..of the\captain./ ■'::,.; were' lawful," and, /.if: so,...whether,..the;■;,'. men committed tho' offence of disobeying. ; , The magistrate' held .that ;the "evidence. ■ r _. ■Rearing on" the. food -and,/: water.'.-,.com-,;.;. ■ ■-. plaints was. inadmissible,: and,'!.on ~,/■. two- charges;, 'found' the: '.crew,) .guilty,;';.;!,., Rotliitho' boys were, convicted;and;dis»V '■.'; charged, the magistrate/stating-thatthej;;,;:,; 'dad evidently, been tied 'by "the .'two'; offiV.;; ■ cers, and'./would,/ probably lose. part .'or•;';-., nil' of .'.the/money .that' otherwise .would y.; v '. have •, come .to ..them.', : /Two;', A.B.'s • were V* .'. i treated., similarly ; as.' being.''.also.-,iriore -'. . or, .less. led ..by/, the .officers. ...The' first';-:;.: mate .'wasconvicted;, and'.- sentenced;, to -..;■■ a!'fortnight's•;: .imprisonment:,. on..;both'■ -,"■ oharges, ..the,-sentences to"be-concurrent; The .second:, mate '-was sentenced ;;to.' a ,;.; • week's imprisonment/on each charge, the, , ■ sentences .to.be"concurrent. ;Counsel was ; .-\ i. allowed one guinea /costs,, against, th» :;;,.; mates, and.- the men, on:'each charge,-'«'',... total of/eight'guineas./-'. X:.//-;;. : ;;,;: .■'";;.■■ :/; The-magistratb further, stated .that th<, :.•.;,' : I officers could,:if the, captain;/desired,;be,;;///' placed. aboard the /ship, when' sheAwaa-i-f [about'. to take 'Iter "departure;;; ; ;As the.'-,'. crew have, disobeyed the'.Consular; judg- -'.'',' inent, all are understood/to .be. liable';to ;''• be plaoed aboard under arrest,-andtaken,/, //- back ;to I Norway.'".;', A'* • hew . crew '.'arrived ■'/■'/. on Friday "from-.' Australia;.- but : have': re- •■;/ 'J fused-.'duty,;; so/things:, are/,still;;', my,' setHed.'v';:'•.:'•'■■.'■•'/''•',■;■;'■:-,"■-.''.•- ' : -'>.';:/ ' :.■'/./;/,i