DESERTION OF SHIP
MEN BEFORE COURT. ALLEGATIONS ABOUT FOOD. (By Teiegrapn—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 15. Thirteen members of the crew of the steamer June appeared in the Lyttelton Court to-day charged with deserting the ship at Lyttelton on December 31. They pleaded not guilty. Captain Thorn Haimevig was crossexamined at length in® to the food given to tlie men on the voyage to Nauru Island. He said it was regulation food and that whenever he could l be purchased fresh supplies. The defence was that tlio ship was undermanned and that they had been ill-treated. The men counter-claimed for back pay and fares to their ports. The ease is proceeding.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 15 January 1931, Page 9
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