COMEDIANS?

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1637, 2 January 1913, Page 5

COMEDIANS?

THE SEAMEN OF S.S, RIPPLE, '.':■ BATHER GLARING CASk.WXf ■ Sheepfarmcra. in: tho vioinity : of Caps Turnagairi who.; iuteuded sending their wool to : tho Napier sales,which areteing held on Saturday, have been disappointed. cause is the refusal, on the part of the, sailors on board Messrs, Richardson's eteauior Ripple to put. to sea, on Now Tear's Eve. Tho circumstances of! tho case: were- reported'yesterday, :: . , i.\\ At that time, Captain Carlson, master of tho Ripplo, thought that,thoro might have .been' a' 'chance 1 of the vessel."gutting away at 6 cm. yesterday. Whon that hour arrived there .was' still no sign of tho sailors, and again at 5 p.m. nono of the deck hands turned up. .Towards evening, however, ,tho five men in question, ' Bent a 6tranger • down ■ to' Captain Carlson, who was informed that his sailors would bo ready to. tako;the) sMp out at midnight, but not/before; ."■■;'•' A few minutes before "tho appointed hour," the men turned up,-and on©, of their number approaohed tho "captain and stated that ho was "sorry that they had stuok the ship.up, but it wasNotf Tear time, and th9y wanted to givo it a go." ,'/ : .. ■;. ! •'-";',. "". ';", / Shortly afterwards, the. union delegate made'his appearance and asked' Captain Carlson how "do I and the other men stand in regard to this business ",'. We only' stuok the ship up. for a day,' and wo want to know what sort of a discharge you are going to givo us, and what wilt bo our punishment; if any. ; .' : ' After receiving certain assuranoos from tho skipper,: tho dologate replied i, "Well, wo will turn to, then,", and left "tho bridge. ■-.■.'''"■•..'.■..';■.•-•" ■''■'■■>, : v « ; -';- Tho Ripple's derricks and hatches were just as the men had left them.when they: knocked off work, and.a start was mado to get tho gear all made fast-before the.' Ripple.left tho wharf for.Napier direct at 0.25 a.m. : - ■'■■■' '.-''■:■' ■'.'■ : ;{■:>■:'