MOERAKI DELAYED.
WAITING FOR A FIREMAN. SYDNEY, May l Tlie Moeraki sailed at 4.15 p.m., six hours lato. When the ship was duo to sail at ten this morning, it was discovered that the crew was nine men short. Three were afterwards found and agreed to rejoin the ship, but then the entire stokehold crew refused to take the vessel to soil, unless one of their number, who had been imprisoned overnight for riotous behaviour, was brought cut of gaol. The company then paid the man’s fine and he. rejoined the ship, which then sailed.—Press Association,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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96MOERAKI DELAYED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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