AGREEMENT REACHED
Crew To Be Repatriated END OF SILKSWORTH TROUBLE (Received 23, 8.45 a.ni.) SYDNEI, Oct. 22. The whole of th eChinese crew of the cargn stearaer Silksworth — it is Britishown d and chartered by a Japanese comi any — are to he repatriated to C3hina at the cost of those who char tered the ship An agreemeflt to this effect was reached overnight. Meanwhile the Chinese consul is car ing toi tbem The 30 who were Arrested appearcd before t^e Conrt at Newcastle to-day chtrged with abs nting thvmselves w: bout feave. btit the charge was wilbf rawo It is hcj "• to obtain a white r-v to take the st-nmer to the Far East. A netv crew from Sydney joined tho Silkworth which is expected to saii from Newcastle to-day. A large searchlight was pl-r ed od the vessel th rough - out last night but there' were no in truders on the wharf Because o+ a dispute ahouf the pay» ment of wages the f'Mnese crew are again classed as deserters and pro hibited immigrants and are liable to re-arrest. The Chines% demand to be paid full wages uatil they reach a Chindse port in a passenger ship,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 26, 23 October 1937, Page 5
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