THE MAHIA INCIDENT
RELEASE OF lONIC'S CREW. (From Otra Own Correspondent.) LONDON. August 18. Twenty-one men of the crew of the »*. lonic, who were sentenced to 21 days' hard labour at West Ham Police Court on July 25, were released on August 14. It will be recalled that these seamen refused to sail their ship from Wellington, New Zealand, until the bcs'n of the fl.s. Mahia, who was sailing as a passenger, was removed from the ship. The case excited considerable interest in East London. This week, according to the Daily Worker, over 400 seamen, including the defenders of the imprisoned seamen, marched to the office of the National Union of Seamen and to the Board of Trade, demanding compensation, good discharges, and the release of the comrades. A Defence Committee has been formed through the efforts of the Seamen's Minority Movement and the International Labour Defence, and a mass welcome home meeting was held on August 16 at the I.L.P. Hall, Barking road.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22067, 25 September 1933, Page 10
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164THE MAHIA INCIDENT Otago Daily Times, Issue 22067, 25 September 1933, Page 10
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