MUTINY OF CREW
CHINESE ON BRITISH TANKER
QUELLED BY FASCIST MILITIA
(Received this day at 9.2/5 a.m>
ROME, Aug. 28
The mutiny of the Chinese crew, numbering twenty six, on the British tanker Haliotis, at Naples, was only controlled when the- Fascist militia, with diawn revolvers, boarded the vessel and locked the mutineers in two cabins.
The trouble arose when the captain rebuked the helmsman for negligence as they were about to sajh The helmsman closed wi th the master biting him severely on the hands before being driven off by other British officers. The helmsman called to other Chinese, and they rushed the bridge, armed with knives and other weapons. The officers defended themselves till the militia arrived.
One Chinese was sent to the hospital.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1932, Page 5
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