NUCULA’S CREW.
REPLACED BY NAVAL j)IEN. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 17. The crew of the NucuLa, file Navy chartered oil tanker, walked off the ship this morning as a protest against the reduction of the manning scale. They were immediately ordered to remove their gear and were replaced by 20 men from the naval training ship Philomel. Commander Clover remarked that he understood that the men were unwilling to leave the ship, but had been ordered by the Seamen’s Union. “We cannot allow a naval vessel to be held up by an industrial union,” he statedThe Nucula sailed this evening for San Pedro with a naval crew, no further developments having occurred.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 303, 18 November 1930, Page 6
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113NUCULA’S CREW. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 303, 18 November 1930, Page 6
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