AMATEUR FIREMEN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1972, 31 January 1914, Page 5

AMATEUR FIREMEN.

/UNSATISFACTORY ON AORANGI. \ On arrival from San Francisco ves•'terday':the ;engineers'of the R.M.S. lAornngi had something' to,' say about Hh'o "scfafcb'V^crejiv , ,wKich" A T7'6rke : d the ''fr r 6ni h '^elffli e tt)n l '£o'^ue" rilriierieaiil'bprt.'. Tho Aorahsi Ipffc Wnlling.tori for San Francisco on December 7, ./during 'the 'height of -the .strike, and ,Jier'., firom'en aud' trimmers were mostlyamateurs'. They, worked well, for' tho ,fir6t. few days, but they wero unable- to , get used to tho job, and Jiaturnlly .enough it. became monotonous. Tho engineers did their best for the men, . but'" even, then the results were not satisfactory. '.■,."'.• At Tahiti some of tho firemen decided to have "a clay out," and when they returned to thp ship a majority of this ■ party werQ intoxicated. There was a crowd ort the wharf to sco tho boat off, and it.is Etated that <he firemen', threw lumps of, coal at tho , snectators. and somo of the latter retaliated with pieces of wood.and stones.. Two of the! onlookers' on the wharf received / injuries, which it is stated resulted in their removal to the Island hospital. On arrival at tlie American port, tho mon who caused tho trouble .said that they had.had enough of tho, ship, and th»v ouickly smned, off; No difficulty, however, was experienced in obtaining fresh firemen, but even the new crew (ltd not prove to bo all thnfc was desired. When the .vessel bertbed yesterday nftornoon som« of the firemen patronised tho City hotels, nnd on roturninix to tho vessel, in an intonated condition, nrgumenfo ensued. These became heated, and fighting took place. As an, outcome of the trouble, throe firemen will apppnr at tho, Court to-day to answer variolic, rhnr^cs.