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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40010, 15 October 1929, Page 4

To -the strains of “ I Belong to Glasgow,” played on an accordeon, a body of mien marched up from the wharf and through the main street of Port Chalmers one morning last week. The residents of the seaport town are. accustomed to the quaint ways of sailormen, says the “Otago Daily Times,” but this demonstration was so unusual that it brought shopkeepers to the door ■wondering what was in the wind. The explanation'was that there had been “trouble on the ship.” The men in the procession were a majority" of the crew .of the steamer Raranga, and a dispute had occurred in connection with their vacating .the vessel for the day while her holds were being fumigated. They had flatly refused to leave because they regarded the rationing allowance was not sufficient for The needs of the day’s outing. A deadlock was readied, and it had quickly vanished when a further announcement was made that the day’s allowance had been increased on generous lines. The procession was intended to demonstrate the victory, and the demonstrators marched to the recreation ground, where a romping game of football provided healthy recreation.