THE FERRY SERVICE.
THE WAHINE HELD UP. FIREMEN LEAVE THE VESSEL By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The Wahine stokehold hands, numbering thirty, handed in notices at Lyttelton yesterday in order to be able to sign off the vessel at Wellington to-day as a protest againstXthe food supplied and other grievances. Enquiries in Christchurch show that the men, asked by the Master of the Wahine yesterday why they were leaving the vessel, declined to give reasons. Wellington, Last Night. Having given the necessary notice, the firemen and trimmers on the ferry steamer Wahine signed off the vessel’s articles at Wellington to-day, and the vessel was unable to sail for Lyttelton this evening. The only clue to the cause of the action is contained in a letter from the secretary of the Seamen’s Union received, by the local manager of the Union Company, which states that the men had complained of insufficiency of food. The matter had not been mentioned by the men to the captain of the Wahine. About 250 passengers had booked by the vessel.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1921, Page 5
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176THE FERRY SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1921, Page 5
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