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TJIM STRIKING SEAMEN. LARGE NUMBER IN AUCKLAND. [Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND, December 3. Most of the British seamen who went on strike and were left behind at Auckland are still here. A i.-w of them have shipped on other overseas steamers than those they ieft. Twelve joined the Otaki, which sailed on Monday for Wanganui and Wellington, and about the same number signed on the Hororata before she left for London on Tuesday, So far only six have been sent away as distressed British seamen. They left Auckland for London by the Raranga on 24th November. Besides those who have gone to sea, some have obtained labouring work in the country, but the majority are working round the waterfront, in warehouses ,or at cargo work on the wharves. There are about 260 of the strikers in Auckland, including 98 still in gaol, comprising 25 from the Tainui, 38 from tho Athenlc, and 35 from.the Otaki. The Athenic’s men were sentenced to two months’ hard labour, and those from the Tainui and Otaki to three months. The Athenic’s men will be released next week and the others in January.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2313, 4 December 1925, Page 7
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