A CAPTAIN'S QUANDARY.
A SEAMAX WHO REFUSED TO SICIX, By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Dunedin, .January 1-2. At tlie. Police Court this morning, Alfred John Croft, master of the Victoria, was fined £2 and costs for a breach of the Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1008, lie having carried, a seaman on board without having entered into an agreement with him in accordance with the Act. The defendant admitted tlte breach under mitigating circumstances. He stated that arrangements had been made for the seaman to sign on at the company's offices, but the, man failed to put in an appearance, and when he came aboard it was just on sailing time. Later, when asked to sign the articles, lie refused. Mr. Burton, S.M., commented that it was generally admitted that when the seaman did not sign on ashore be would refuse to do so later.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 13 January 1915, Page 2
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143A CAPTAIN'S QUANDARY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 13 January 1915, Page 2
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