THE MANUKA HOLD-UP
VESSEL SAILS FOR. SYDNEY. ' The hold-up of tlie Australian passenger stciuncr Manuka was yesterday settled ia ii very simple and unforeseen manner. Hie ship with all her passenger accommodation fully occupied" nailed for' Sydney at 1.30 p.m. The three patients of the crew who are convalescing in quarantine at Somes Island (on whose account; the other members of the crew refused to man the vessel until tho indisposed ones were removed to the Public Hospital owing to the alleged bad state of the quarantine station) wore yesterday in communication with their protectors They said that they had no wish to be removed from the island, as the accommo. dation and treatment they are receivin!,' was entirely satisfactory to them. After tins tin? men on the ship had no other alternative but to take the Manuka out to sea. : AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. A statement regnrding the treatment'of the crew of the steamer Manuka at the quarantine station at Koines Island was made by (he .Minister of Public Wealth (the Hon. G. W. liussell) yesterday "The Chief Health Officer, Dr. Valintine, this morning visited the Manuka," said the Minister, -"and discussed wivh (he crew of the vessel the trouble that was being made with regard to the men at Somes Island, as a result of which the ship was held up. Dr, ValilUihe informed me that two of the three, men referred to were completely restored to heaith, and that consequently there was no need for their further detention on the auarantine island. In the case of the third man his illness rendered it impossible for him to be removed. After meeting Dr. Valintine the crew expressed complete satisfaction, and agreed to work tho ship." A memorandum received 'by the Minister from Dr. Frengley makes this other statement: "The three seamen remaining on the island to-day refused to be removed to hospital on the mainland ae was desired by their comrades on the llanuka." '- '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 198, 16 May 1919, Page 6
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325THE MANUKA HOLD-UP Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 198, 16 May 1919, Page 6
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