MAORIS’ CONDUCT.
ON BOARDSTEAMER. AN EXPLANATION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Dec. 16, 2.10 p.m SYDNEY, Dec. 16. Replying to complaints as:to the conduct of a party of Maoris aboard the steamer Mishimamaru, P. S. Moko says the alleged domination of the secondclass accommodation-.by-.third-class passengers nas not challenged until the ship arrived at Townsville. Subsequently a party of thirty Russia As were informed by one of ; the ship’s officers that as a complaint had been lodged by second-class passengers, in future the tnud-class passengers would have to remain in their allocated; portion' of the ship. The Maori party, although travelling third-class, had been extended the privilege by the owners of the vessel of using second-class accommodation and other facilities if -required. The complainants were informed of this fact, but still* obstinately insisted that these privileges should not be extended to the Maori party. The alleged assault was the outcome of an insult to two of the Maori party’s womenfolk. The statement that-the ship’s officers encouraged the- action of the Maoris was untrue. The ship’s commander's' attitude in refusing-to see the complainants was justified after they had threatened that they would personally, and through the press, advise -Europeans not to patronise Japanese ships.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 December 1924, Page 7
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