NO “PEGGY”
MARAMA DELAYED Police Block Applicants (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, February 19. Owing to unemployed seamen in Auckland declaring the Union Coy’s passenger steamer Marama “black,” the vessel was unable to sail for Sydney this afternoon, and her departure was postponed until to-morrow morning. At sailing time there were 17.0 passengers on the Marama, which carried mail and cargo. An extraordinary feature is that, although there are hundreds of seamen unemployed in Auckland, none was allowed to fill the vacancy on the vessel, and this caused the postponement of her departure. Trouble arose because men were not allowed to board the Marama to apply for the position of “Peggy,” or firemen’s steward. There were fifty applicants. They were not allowed aboard by the police, who did not know their purpose. This was resented by the men, who decided that the position should not he filled till to-morrow. The crew are not concerned, but the vessel could not sail without a “Peggy. ”
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Grey River Argus, 20 February 1932, Page 5
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162NO “PEGGY” Grey River Argus, 20 February 1932, Page 5
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