NIAGARA’S VOLUNTEER CREW
SHIP GETS AWAY AT LAST. SAILED FOR VANCOUVER. SYDNEY, October 20. After being held up for 9 days by labour trouble, the liner Niagara, manned by, a volunteer crew, sailed at 7 o’clock on,Saturday night for Vancouver. . The police prevented any kind of demonstration. ' , The Niagara’s first call will be at Suva. More men offered than were needed, and an examination of their credentials continued throughout the day. A number of trades with good discharges, were included’ among those selected. The crew commenced to embark about noon, a squad of police safeguarding their movements to the ship’s side. There are 22 passengers bn board, one of them having the entire first-.class accommodation to herself,' the vessel carrying abou't 1100 tons of cargo.
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Northern Advocate, 21 October 1935, Page 5
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