KAIAPOI HELD UP
FIREMAN PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK ; CREW REFUSE TO SAIL WITH* “OUT HIM ■ fWea* Assoolatloii.i NAPIER, Oot. 18. The Union company’s steamer Kaiapoi is hold up at Napier owing to troutole with her crew. The vessel completed the discharge of cargo from the Bluff at midnight and was ready to sail for Auckland. However, one fireman was missing and the ship could not proceed. This morning an* other man presented himself for the job and was engaged, but, in .the meantime, the missing man turned up. Then another man disappeared. When the latter was found, the fireman missing last night had again disappeared and has not been seen since. Another man presented himself for the job this afternoon but, after going on beard, declined engagement. The position now is that one fireman is still missing and the remainder of the crew refuse to take the Kaiapoi to sea until hef re*appears.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10721, 19 October 1928, Page 6
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