CREW OF A BARQUE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 199, 23 July 1926, Page 2

CREW OF A BARQUE.

UNUSUAL POSITION. fßy Telegraph—Special to Standard.] AUCKLAND, July 22. The work of unbending the sails and dismantling the gear on the American barque Guy C. Goss, which was sold at auction last week, is being done by the ship’s crew, who have removed their personal effects and are now living at the Sailors’ Home. Efforts are being made to have the crew, of the barque repatriated, but so far it is uncertain when they will leave Auckland. According to the Shipwrecked Sailors Act the owners of the barque should provide the passage money to take the men back to their own country, but in this case the necessary funds are not available. Although no difficulty has arisen over the repatriation of the four American members of the crew, the position of the eleven other members, who are Canadians and Scandinavians, is unusual. In an ordinary case of a shipwreck, the American Consul would have power to repatriate the whole crew, hut it is not known whether the case of the Guy C. Goss, in which the crew obtained a lien over the ship for back wages, can be classed as one of shipwreck. In the meantime instructions from Washington are awaited.