Refusing Duty.
GItAYK ALLEGATION'S. (Received April 19, 0.:!2 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 18. Four of the crow of the Lirynhfida wore charged with combining to neglect duty. The captain said they refused in a body, declaring the vessel unseaworthy and the rigging rotten. They demanded a return to the nearest port. The mate stated the weather was bad on the lee shore. Both considered the vessel seaworthy. One of the accused gave evidence that one of the sails carried away because the rigging was rotten. There were no spare ropes aboard, and no life lines ; the decks, which were full of water up (o the rails, had open ports with no preventers on. If there had been danger the njen would have turned to. Subsequently the captain offered the crew a pound a month extra, if they would taKe the ship home. This was declined. The case is unfinished.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7802, 19 April 1905, Page 3
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148Refusing Duty. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7802, 19 April 1905, Page 3
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