NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING WAGES
SUMMONS FOR DESERTION,
(FROM OUR OWN COItSESPONDENT.)
LONDON, 16th June.
At the East Ham Police Court, a ship's trimmer named Neal -was summoned for deserting the liner, Port Melbourne. Mr. A. Stone Hurst, who prosecuted, said that Neal signed, on at Belfast on 25th October, 1924, for a three years' voyage, at £10 a month.. He left the vessel at Bluff, New Zealand, on 31st January, 1925, when a balance of £4 12s 6d wages was due to him. A substitute for him had to be engaged, and the ship's captain had to pay that substitute £6 6s 8d -more wages than Neal was entitled to, this being on account of the higher wages payable in Australia and New Zealand.
On 20th April, 1925, Neal signed on for a Shaw, Savill Line steamer at £16 6s 8d a month, and he had also an agreement that he would bo sent back to New Zealand from London as a passenger and with his full wages at £16 6s 8d a, month accruing until he was "repatriated." lie had, however, accepted £10 in lieu of the repatriation. The defendant was ordered to pay £29 0s 9d, and allowed £3 3s costs. The penalty in default of payment was 31 days' imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 29, 3 August 1925, Page 3
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