GREEK-OWNED SHIP
CREW AGAIN REFUSES TO WORK j POLICE GUARD PLACED OVER \ VESSEL ! Auckland, Sept. 9. : A police guard was placed over the ; Panamanian Greek-owned ship at pre- ; sent in port shortly before 9 o’clock to- i night ft lit wing refusal by her crew to i work her when she was about to sail. i The crew originally went on strike last = week over the question of their wages, r and pinned a writ to the mast giving notice that they intended to claim £1342 from the owners in wages in an action in Supreme Court. The local agents. Watkin and Wallis, said to-night that an agreement over the j wages question was finally reached today between legal representatives of tiie men and the master, and duly signed on behalf of both parties. When the ship was about to sail, however, the men appeared on deck with their bags 4 and refused duty, demanding that their j wages be paid to them in American J dollars cash The Customs authorities j prevented the crew' from coming ashore, 4 and shortly afterward a police guard j was placed over the ship Further | action is expected. 4
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 4
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