STEAMER DELAYED.
OBJECTION TO A SAILOR.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 20. The Northern Company’s steamer Matangi did not sail to-night for Tauranga owing to tho seamen and firemen refusing to take her to sea until a sailor they objected to liad ] beep dismissed. This the company; refused to do, and the vessel s depasture has been postponed until tomorrow morning. The sailor who it is desired should be dismissed has been in the service of the Northern Company for a long time, the last three years in the Matangi. He is reported to be one of the most efficient members of tho crew. It is understood that the men. State that he was’ a volunteer seaman in the Northern Company’s service during the coastal seamen’s strike three years ago.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1926, Page 6
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130STEAMER DELAYED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1926, Page 6
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