RAROTONGAN SEAMEN STAGE DEMONSTRATION
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WELLINGTON; May 2. Eleven Rarotongan nlC'mberS of cie ws" of tlie Public Works" Dep'artme'fft auxiliarv scliooner Tagua and auxifiary kC'tch New Golden Hind. paraded ^to(lay through pafts Pf thfe city and gatliered in the grounds of the Bupte'me Court bearing a placard staUng flieir Mffims ftfr pay and better conditiOns. ]Tpfh ship's havfe been involved ifi a disptrte >\vith tlrfeir crews since the fend Of Afarcit. When the partv arrived in the grounds of the Hupreme Court they wferfe kpokfert to' b'V a Police Rub-Ins'pee-tor aftd they tlieft dispfersed. Emphffsisiftg that the crews ti'ere Cfeolc islafidfe'fS tvho had served New Zealand throughout the war, tlie plafearcf asked for the payment of the war y'isk gratuity, overtime money and tlie New Zealand seamen.'s awafd wages and alSO dfemanded b'feffe'r CfJndifiOns. The Tagua is on eharter to the Public Works Department from the Cook Islands Trading Company, of Rarotonga, wliicft rfeceritly offered her for 1 pulilic Sffife. i^hfe has been at anchor i ri thfe strfea'rif SiflC'C March 29 readv tr/ sail for Norfolk Island, Noumea .and BolOinOnS. Thfe New Golden Hind jS at tlie whffrf waifihg to leave for Rdoui tsl'rtnd, Niiffe Is'lahd and Rarotonga: _Tr_r: rfT'jrrZ-'rL n. , j, -r jr r
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1947, Page 5
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209RAROTONGAN SEAMEN STAGE DEMONSTRATION Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1947, Page 5
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