THE BRITISH SAILOR.

NZ Truth, Issue 103, 8 June 1907, Page 6

THE BRITISH SAILOR.

When a British ship comes undet the corrupting; influence of the New Zealand coast, to use the words of a Dunedin solicitor, the sailors learn of the higher wages obtaining, out here, and, because they can't leave their ships, they refuse to work.. Some Jeserfc on arrival m the colonies, and fresh mefa arc en* gaged at the higher rate i squired by the New Zealand awards, whereupon those remaining! of the original crew become .dissatisfied. Four A.B.s were up at the Punorii.t Police Court the other day for re-, f using duty. The three off I the fcalrquenti'ne Titania and one , be-t longing to the steamer Inveran, were condemned to a month's hard labor. In the case of the latter, the order requiring a return to the vessel (granted m the case of the other three) was net asked for, because the captain did not want his colored man. mack. Therefore, when the sentenced sailor has nut m. his three months 'hard he will be emptied out • into * the Dunedin streets with scant ceremony and lass money. Such is the hard lot of those .who go down to the sea m ships. •