A SCENE AT LIVERPOOL.
ELIGIBLE IMMIGRANTS REFUSED. CUNARD COMPANY'S STAND. By Cable.—Press Association— Copyright Received Nov. 8, 12.5 a.m. London, Nov. 7. Exciting scenes occurred at Liverpool, when a large number of Irish emigrants Were embarking on a Cunard liner. They were obliged to run the gauntlet of a hooting crowd. Recruitng officers endeavoured to dissuade the emigrants but none responded. Later, the emigrants assembled at the landing stage, and a number of the crew of the vessel walked ashore and told 'the Ounard Company that they refused to sail with eligibles. Irish firemen emphatically declared that they did not see why they should stoke while slackers were allowed to run away.
The Cunavd Compauy forthwith decided not to take the emigrants. The decision was taken on the Company's own initiative, without outside instructions, and the Company issued a notice that until further advice they cannot accept bookings of British subjects who are fit and eligible for military service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1915, Page 5
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159A SCENE AT LIVERPOOL. Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1915, Page 5
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