CHILEAN SAILORS
MEN WHO REMAINED IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, September 1. No action is to be taken by the Government of Chile in regard to the three Chilean sailors who remained in Auckland after the departure for Valparaiso last Thursday of the training ship General Bnquedano. The men were arrested and charged with vagrancy. “I have received advice as to the attitude of the Chilean Government, through the Consul-General for the republic at Sydney,” said Mr E. A, Craig, consul for Chile. “The men are now entirely in the hands of the authorities in New Zealand.”
One of the seamen, Jose Miguel Munoz, was brought before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court. A position having been found for this man by Mr Chaig, who acted in the matter in his private capacity, he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months. The effect of this decision is that
Munoz is released from custody and is now free to accept an offer of employment on a fishing launch operated by a countryman, who has been a resident of Auckland for about fourteen years.
The other two sailors, Carlos Mery and Diomicio Urzui.a, are still in custody. It is most probable their release will he speiii;p,'l in the event of employment being found for them,
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1931, Page 6
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