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DISOBEDIENT LASCARS,
CHARGES AGAINST A CAPTAIN, '
MELBOURNE Krfinmn- ?-? .
iT.enty lascav deck hands who struck
work on the steamer Argus, at Williams
town yesterday, walked to Melbourne duw
vjpwcd the shipping master. Capt. Curne,
o( Currie & Co., owners of the Argus, and
Capt. Sutherland, master of the steamer,
were present. Eight men complained thati
they had been struck by the captain. They
all declined to go on board unless there was
a fresh captain. They said tbat they would
sooner go to gaol. After some angry pas
(ages, Capt. Currie said that ho would take
out warrants, and liave the men imprisoned.
until the time of Failing, and ?when they uot
back to Rangoon they would be discharged
The charRCS were denied by Uie captain'
and fir% mate. The men -jrere eubscjiueEt'
Jr.- placed .under arrret, , ' 4-o3'
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