REFUSAL TO SAIL
SEAMEN PROTEST AGAINST LIVING CONDITIONS Rec 9 p.m. MELBOURNE, Dec. 9. A few minutes before the 5000-ton motor ship Rugeley was due to sail for Malaya, British and Australian seamen held a meeting on the deck and refused to take the ship to sea. Speakers claimed that the food and living conditions on board were " too disgusting to take any longer." Because they might be charged with mutiny if the ship was in the bay, they have refu§ed to take. her from her berth V~‘"‘ dispute is settled.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26640, 10 December 1947, Page 5
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91REFUSAL TO SAIL Otago Daily Times, Issue 26640, 10 December 1947, Page 5
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