KAIAPOI TO BE LAID UP.
TROUBLE WITH THE CREW. ACTION BY UNION COMPANY. Trouble with the crew of the Union Company's steamer Ivaiapoi at Auckland has resulted in the men being given 24 hours' notice and the vessel being laid up. The Kaiapoi was to have been despatched for Westport at five o'clock on Thursday evening, but seven stokers were absent at sailing time. Although later they returned to the steamer in twos and threes they would not remain on board. After midnight the departure was postponed until seven o'clock yesterday morning, but at that time there was still one man missing.
The Seamen's Union was requested to supply a substitute, but tho man sent by it was objected to by the chief engineer. This brought about a deadlock owing to the crew refusing to take the vessel to sea unless the man sent by the anion was signed on. Previously the trouble was confined to the stokers, but they were later backed up by the seamen. The Union Company upheld the chief engineer's objection, and informed all the members of the crew that their services were not further required. They will be paid off to-day and the Kaiapoi will be withdrawn from commission.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 10
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204KAIAPOI TO BE LAID UP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20252, 11 May 1929, Page 10
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