MAHENO DELAYED.
FIREMEN REFUSE TO SAIL.
FREE BEDDING DEMANDED.
[BY TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
DUNEDIN. Tuesday.
The Maheno. which was to have sailed for Sydney to-day, is still delayed at Port Chalmers, owing, it is understood, to the action of the firemen, who, -with the exception of five or six, refused to sail unless beds were provided for them free of charge. Under the award governing seamen and firemen it has been the custom for many years for the men to pav a small sum for beds as they were averse to using ary bat clean and newly-issued bedding. It is stated that the agreement provides definitely for this custom, so that the action of the men comes as something in the nature of a surprise.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17267, 17 September 1919, Page 9
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