TROUBLE ON THE MAITAI
FIREMEN LEAVE THE SHIP ■The Union Company's steamei? MaiUi, from San Francisco, was timed to leave at 3 p.m. to-day for Sydney, in completion of her voyage. She will, however, be delayed, as firemen have come off, acting perfectly within their rights. They signed on in New Zealand, and wished to be discharged here. Accordingly, they gave the customary twenty-four hours' notice, and left on its expiry. The vessel will be delayed, however, until men can be found to replace those leaving. The reason given by the firemen for leaving the ship is that they would have been paid off in Sydney, in any case, and as they have their homes here they did not want to go farther, losing work between the time of their paying off in Sydney and their arrival in New Zealand, to which coantry they are entitled to have their passage paid.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 93, 16 October 1914, Page 8
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151TROUBLE ON THE MAITAI Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 93, 16 October 1914, Page 8
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