FIREMEN SENT TO GAOL.
REFUSED TO GET UP STEAM. , ; f . '• V. • ' - *•*' " ' VOYAGE TOO ARDUOUS. f; 4 [BI TELEGUAPH. —PRESS ISSOCUTKW.] GEEYIitOtJTH. Safenday. Three firemen on the Waipori, A. Bob-, inson, M. Davies and H. J. Roberta, were" convicted of wilful disobedience to the lawful command of the commander id refusing to get up steam to take tho vessel to sea, the refusal being based on the ground that no trimmers were on board, and the voyage to Sydney, therefore, was too arduous. The magistrate, Mr. Meldrum, said that the men, when signing on, knew tb.e conditions. As they persisted in their refusal he would impose a mouth's imprisonment each.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19062, 6 July 1925, Page 8
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109FIREMEN SENT TO GAOL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19062, 6 July 1925, Page 8
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