STRIKE ON OLYMPIC
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LIFEBOATS DEMANDED FIREIVfENTIAVE THE VESSEL. Received This Morning, 12.5 o'clock. LONDON, April 25. The Olympic was om the pownb of stilling, when a number of firemen Ihurled their kite on to the quay in scores, and then surged down the gangways,, doman'dSiig wooden lifeboats instea'd of ooUapsihJes. The I officers .offered to demonstrate the seiaKvorthiness "of the collapsibles, but •295 left tho ship. Pickets wore posted at the dock and •at tJie White Star office®. The Olympic has not sailed, and is still without her complement. The firemen and sailors state that they aro'determined not to fiajiil without union firemen.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10619, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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109STRIKE ON OLYMPIC Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10619, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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