STEWARDS DISMISSED.
STRIKE DURING REGATTA. REFUSAL TO SERVE GOVERNOR. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. Doc. 20. The Board of Control of the Commonweath Lino of steamers has decided as punishment for a breach of discipline <o dismiss the stewards on the steamer Moreton Bay, who refused to serve luncheon to the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, and other guests at (he Balmain regatta on Monday. On behalf of the njen it was stated that they-had just arrived from a Homo port after a four months' voyage, and that they were entitled to time off. The men's action in somo quarters is attributed to the influence of a party of Russians who travelled by the steamer from London, and from whom the customs authorities secured a quantity of Bolshevik propaganda at Fremantle.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19832, 30 December 1927, Page 9
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