GREASERS SENT TO GAOL
PREFERRED THE PROMENADE
DECS. (By Telegranh-Press Assn.-Copyright.) Received this day, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, March 17. A month’s hard labour was indicted ‘ - on eight greasers belonging to the Commonwealth liner, Jervis Bay, at the West Ham Court for disobeying orders. , 3 Captain Chaplin said the greasers walked from the engine room to their quarters via the promenade deck, inconveniencing the passengers. He forbade the practice soon after their departure from "Svdney, and the men’s union supported the order, but the local secretary persuaded them to defy it. The men pleaded that they used the promenade deck to avoid a sudden - change in temperature. The ship’s doctor expressed the opinion that the alternative route did not . entail special risks;
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1927, Page 5
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