STEAMERS HELD UP IN WELLINGTON.
COINCIDENCE OR ACCIDENT,
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 14. The Maori was unable to sail tonight, being seven firemen short of her complement.
The Pateena, for Picton and Nelson, was delayed until 7 p.m. by the ''shortage of one fireman.
The Waihora, for Sydney, was delayed about seven hours while another fireman was being secured.
The Manuka was to leave for Sydney this evening, but the seamen and firemen practically refused to .sail unless three convalescent members of the crew were removed to hospital from Somes Island. The men contend that the accommodation at tbe island is unsuitalle. The Public Health Department refused to agree to the patients' removal, it being considered dangerous to public health to bring them ashore. The Manuka is now fixed to sail at noon tc-morrow.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17571, 15 May 1919, Page 5
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135STEAMERS HELD UP IN WELLINGTON. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17571, 15 May 1919, Page 5
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