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THE KAHUNA HOLD UP . CREW BEFORE THE COURT [ Per Presa Association. | AUCKLAND, Feb. 19. Twenty members of the crew of the Kaituna, at preesnt held up in port, were -charged at the Police Court today with failing without reasonable cauAe to proceed to sea in a steamer. Counsel for the men asked for an adjournment, as he desired to bring witnesses to substantiate the crew’s reasons for refusal. Counsel for the Union Company, m opposing the adjournment beyond Monday. said that tho Kaituna had a certificate of seaworthiness. She had just come out of dry dock. The men had some idea about bent plates, but there were bent, plates in nearly every boat ’s hold, and the boat was in good condition. The case was adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19772, 21 February 1927, Page 2
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133BENT PLATES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19772, 21 February 1927, Page 2
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