The Cruiser Coptic.
THE CREW PROVE REFACTORY. (united press association.) Wellington, This Day. The Coptic which has been chartered by the Imperial Government was to have gone to sea yesterday under sealed orders. Having taken m 4000 tons of coal ordered to be put on board by the English authorities, she cleared at the Customs on Saturday afternoon for " Guam" whither most vessels leaving under secret orders are nominally bound. On Saturday night, however, there were signs of dissatisfaction among •■ the crew, and yesterday morning about 30 of them refused to go to sea. On being asked what reasons they had for, doing so, some stated that they merely wanted to know where they were bound for and being asked whether they would go if told, some claimed colonial rates of wages. Others said they had been engaged under charter to Shaw SaviUe and Albion Company, but they now consulered they were wanted to serve as Government seamen to which they objected. They also thought they would run the risk of being made prisoners of war, coal being contraband m time of war. The men will, bo brought before the Magistrate this morning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 127, 4 May 1885, Page 3
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193The Cruiser Coptic. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 127, 4 May 1885, Page 3
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