MANNING THE BIAHENO
When the hospital ship JSlaheno returned to New- Zealand recently she had her stokehold crew mostly members of the Seafarers' Union, who had been signed on at Southampton. The Seafarers' Union is a body distinct from the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union of Great Britain, and is viewed with distrust by the Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia. The New Zealand Senmen's Union has refused to admit members of the Seafarers' Union to membership, and it was decided by the executive council .of the former body that its members should not sail with men holding membership in the latter organisation. To overcome the difficulty threatened itwas decided to pay off the English crew in Dunedin and man the stokehold with men from Wellington. Fifteen firemen and nine trimmers went South kst night to join the vessel, and a further four men will be sent down this evening.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 94, 20 April 1916, Page 7
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149MANNING THE BIAHENO Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 94, 20 April 1916, Page 7
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