HINEMOA CREW.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1905, 13 November 1913, Page 9

HINEMOA CREW.

TO BE PERMANENT SERVANTS. Labour members in tlio House of Representatives yesterday, in the discussion on questions, urged the desirability of establishing a State steamship Eervjco, in.ordor to safeguard tlio community from a hold-up such as exists at present. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher (Minister of Marino) said that a State shipping service would not necessarily gmytho safeguard members scorned to thinlc. It would be remembered that among the first sailors to go oil strike in ™ e present troublo wore the crew of the Government steamer Hinemoa. Tlio ship was engaged in lighthouse work, and by their action in going out at a critical time tho men had embarrassed the Government very much. 110 was very glad to be able to say that a crew had been obtained, and he had taken stops to ensuro that thnro should bo no control in future over tho seamen on tho Government steamers, bj

the Government, Ho had arranged that tlio crow of 'tho Government steamer should become permanent officers of tho Marino Department, with alt tho privileges of Civil Servants. They would hav© a regular rato of gay, regular leave, and superannuation. He had done his best to ensuro that the Government could not be again ombarrassed as they had been last week.