CREW ON STRIKE
VESSEL FOB AUCKLAND TROUBLE AT HONOLULU PASSENGERS VOLUNTEER AID By Telegraph—Pross Association —Copyright (Recoived December 27, 11.15 p.m.) HONOLULU. Dec. 27 Six passengers joined the officers and stewards in handling the New Zealand freighter Limerick, which sailed for Auckland to-day, as a sequel to a strike by 31 members of the crew. The action was taken by the crew as a protest against tho use of non-union stevedores in unloading tho vessel on December 21 and the men remained ashore in spite of the advice of the British Consul. The passengers volunteered to take two-hour shifts at the wheel and to aid the four officers, 10 engineers and five sailors who remained on duty. Tho strikers' spokesmen predicted that the New Zealand union would support them. Tho immigration authorities said the strikers would be subject to deportation to New Zealand within (30 days.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19361228.2.92
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 10
Word Count
146CREW ON STRIKE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.