TAHITI DELAYED
. ■: TROUBLE ' WITH THE CREW. i ■ ■, : ; Rumours wero in circulation in "Well- . * ington on Saturday and! yesterday to v the. effect that: the troopship Tahitij ; with the returned : wounded: soldiers on board, had been unable to proceed to , Lyttelton and Dunedin-on Saturday evening on account of troublo amongst the seamen. On inquiries being made oil board yesterday, a-reporter n - as informed that the? majority of tho men had . signed on the, vessel's articles at Welling* on, and had agreed to bo discharged at this port. Consequently oh , arrival here thoy-wore paid off, and aS : they felt disinclined to proceed further in the sliip that night thoy did not seek re-engagoment. It .is held that the -men., wore , perfcotly within their rights according to their agreement,, but tho general opinisn - was that they might have consonted , to. take tho : Tahiti doirn . the coast and sign off ili i Chalmers.,- This -would have' cily abled the seriously wounded to have roached their -homes two <)r three days . earlier than at present. : A Hew crew will bo signed on to-day;' and the steamer is, expected to' got away this ■, afternoon. ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2565, 13 September 1915, Page 5
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188TAHITI DELAYED Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2565, 13 September 1915, Page 5
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