TROUBLE ON A STEAMER
FIREMEN COME ASHORE. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 16. I The Union Company's steamer Maitai from San Francisco; was timed to leave at 3 p.m. to-day for Sydney in completion of her voyage. She has } however, been delayed as the firemen have come ashore, but they are acting- perfectly within their rights. They signed on in New Zealand and wished to be discharged here accordingly. They .gave the customary 24 hours' notice and left on its expiry. The reason given by the firemen for leaving- the ship is that they would have been paid off in Sydney in any case, and as they have their homes here they d*3 not want tp go farther, thus losing work between the time of their paying"-off in Sydney and their arrival in New Zealand, to which country they are entitled to have their passage paid.
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Grey River Argus, 17 October 1914, Page 5
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