MOERAKI SAILS.
AFTER SIX HOURS PARLEY
WITH CREW
[By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and. N.Z. Cabl© Association.] (Received Friday, 10.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, May I.
The Moeraki sailed at 4.15 p.m., six hours late. When the ship was duo to sail at ten this morning, it was discovered that the crew -was nine men short. These were aftcrwards t found and agreed to rejoin the ship, but then the entire stokehold crew refused to take the vessel to sea, unless one of their number, who had been imprisoned overnight for riotous behaviour, was brought out of jail. The company then paid the man’s fine and he rejoined the ship, which then sailed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2670, 2 May 1925, Page 7
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110MOERAKI SAILS. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2670, 2 May 1925, Page 7
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