THE MOERAKI SAILS
TROUBLE OVER A CREW Received Mav 1, 10.30 p.m. ‘SYDNEY, Al ay 1. The Moeraki sailed at 4.15, six hours late. When the ship was due io sail at ten this morning it was discovered that the crew was nine men short. These men were afterwards found and agreed to rejoin the ship, but then the entire stokehold crew refused to take the vessel to sea unless one of their number, who was imprisoned overnight for riotous behaviour, was brought out of jail. The company then paid the man’s fine and he rejoined the ship, which then sailed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19301, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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101THE MOERAKI SAILS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19301, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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