SAILORS' PLIGHT.

Mataura Ensign, 26 January 1911, Page 5

SAILORS' PLIGHT.

A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT. THE PARISIANA'S CREW. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received January 26, 10.45 a m PERTH, Jan. 26. : It is alleged that through the neglect of a Civil Servant the crew of the Parisian a, (which caught fire and was abandoned in the Indian the crew being brought to port by the British transport) had to travel tor 24 hours in the train from Albany to Perth without food. They had no money, and the Government directed that they should be fed. The officer had neglected to telegraph instruction': accordingly. Tile Premier (Mr Wilson) has decided to draw the French authorities' attention to the fact that the provisions on St. Paul Island (which belongs to France), where the crew landed, have not been renewed for 18 years, the biscuits there being mouldy and unfit to eat.