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FROM NEW ZEALAND STEAMER. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received July 23. 5.5 p.m. Vancouver, July 22. The Canadian-Australian steamer Waitemata was towed 'into Victoria from Anacorts, where thirty-one of the crew deserted in sympathy with striking longshoremen, claiming the right under the United States law permitting sailor-. In quit at any port. They are held for deportation, probably to Canada, the Australian and New Zealand immigration quota for the United States being .full.—-Aus.-N.Z., Cable Assn. The Waitemata is one of the Union Company’s big cargo steamers, which is loading at Pacific ports for New Zealand ports, including New Plymouth.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1922, Page 5
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101SEAMEN DESERT Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1922, Page 5
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