FLOATING GROGSHOP.
An extraordinary discreditable state of things on board a vessel was revealed in an inquiry into the conduct of Captain W. B. Thomson, of the ship Chelmsford, held at Glasgow in April last. The ship, during a voyage from Great Britain to Iquique and back, was a veritable floating grog shop. The steward, partly on the captain's account, it appeared, sold rum and whisky to the crew in enormous quantities. One man purchased no fewer than forty bottles. The sales were entered as " clothing," a bottle of rum being represented by a shirt. The cap tain himself imbibed freely, and while in his cups came nearly wrecking the ship by giving a wrong order. He chased the mate with a loaded revolver, fired a shot into that officer's cabin, end compelled him to hide till his commander had " sobered down a bit." The Court cancelled the captain's certificate, remarking that the evidence disclosed a state of things they had not believed to be possible on board a British ship.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7027, 11 June 1901, Page 4
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171FLOATING GROGSHOP. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7027, 11 June 1901, Page 4
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