CREW AGAIN REFUSES WORK
Police Guard Placed Over Ship (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, September 9. A police guard was placed over the Panamanian Greek-owned ship at present in port shortly before nine o’clock tonight, following refusal by her crew to work her when she was about to sail. The crew originally went on strike last week over the question of their wages, and pinned a writ to the mast giving notice that they intended to claim £1342 from the owners in wages in an action in the Supreme Court. The local agents, Watkin and Wallis, said tonight that an agreement over the wages question was finally reached today between legal representatives of the men an'd the master, and duly signed on behalf of both parties. When the ship was about to sail, however, the men appeared on deck with their bags and refused duty, demanding that their wages be paid to them in American dollars cash. The Customs authorities prevented the crew from coming ashore, and shortly afterwar'd a police guard was placed over the ship. Further action is expected.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 295, 10 September 1941, Page 8
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