FIREMEN SHORT
OVERSEA SHIP DELAYED FOUR MEN FAIL TO RETURN PLACES FILLED BY OTHERS Having to sign on four firemen to replace a similar number who'failed to rejoin the ship, the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Waimana was delayed for over three hours before her departure for London yesterday morning. I n _ stead of leaving at seven o'clock, she did not clear the stream until 10.30.. Tho absence of five firemen was not discovered until the steamer was ready to leave her berth at Queen's Wharf and it was decided to anchor in tfie stream to await the defaulters' return. One man, who had left the ship at 3.30 a.m. to go ashore, arrived some time later, but there was no sign of the remaining four. Finally, other firemen were signed on in their place for the voyage to England, via Panama and Kingston. No difficulty was experienced by the company in obtaining men for the trip.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23127, 27 August 1938, Page 12
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157FIREMEN SHORT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23127, 27 August 1938, Page 12
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