LAWFUL COMMANDS
A CREW THAT REFUSED DUTY.
<BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, 23rd November. •Twenty members of the crew of the steamer Trelevan were to-day sentenced to one month's imprisonment for combining to disobey lawful commands while the vessel was . anchored in port. On Wednesday twenty-two men were fined from £1-to £2 for disobedience to the lawful command, and as twenty refused to pay they were lodged in gaol yesterday, and this morning escorted back to the ship, which was ready to sail for Sydney. They replied '.'No!" to the captain's inquiry whether they would ■work the ship, and at the Court to-day they declined to return even after the captain had promised to pay them ai Sydney. .
The Magistrate gave them an opportunity to accept, but one man said"The food is better in gaolthan on the ship. It's nearly starvation there." The original trouble arose through the captain declining an advance of wage* at Auckland, owing to a fracas on the steamer as a result of men returning, on board drunk after one advance had been paid. ■•
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 127, 26 November 1923, Page 8
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