S.S. HINEMOA
DISPUTE WITH SEAMEN. (By Telegraph— Press Association). AUCKLAND, September 16. Owing to a dispute between the Seamen’s Union and the owners of the steamer' Hinemoa, regarding the number of firemen to be carried and the rates of pay for seamen, the departure of the vessel, which was to have sailed for Westport and Bluff at 4 p.m. to-day has been indefinitely postponed. The men are asking for a crew of six firemen, and wages of £1 a • day for seamen. The owners contend that the Shipping and Seamen’s Act provides for three firemen. Twenty-five l>er cenl on ordinary wages for seamen was to be paid.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1929, Page 3
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107S.S. HINEMOA Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1929, Page 3
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