THE NAVUA’S FIREMEN.
TROUBLE AT SUVA. [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.! AUCKLAND, March 10. A report was brought by the Navua. which arrived from the Eastern Pacific this morning, that when at Suva on March 5 the firemen waited upon the captain and demanded payment of their wages at once. The men made tiie demand under a section of their agreement with the Union Company. The captain considered, however, that the agreement did not entitle the men to make such a demand and gave them ten minutes to decide whether or not they would peacefully accept their wages on the following day. The men eventually agreed to take the course suggested and it then appeared that no further trouble would arise. When the Navua had left Suva for Auckland on the following day. however, the whole seventeen firemen gave notice that they would- leave the vessel when it arrived at Auckland. Accordingly when the Navua berthed at the northern wharf this morning the firemen left the ship in a body. The Union Company at once set about procuring oflner men to take the place of those leaving. The steamer was able to sail for We’lington tills evening at 8.30 with a full complement of firemen.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3586, 11 March 1914, Page 5
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203THE NAVUA’S FIREMEN. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3586, 11 March 1914, Page 5
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