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Extract from the letter of the
Master of the "Auchenarden"
dated 8th July, 1904.
"I entered and cleared at Customs
and
shipping office
and went to the ship
taking pilot with me. On arriving
on board at 2.20 p.m. I asked Mr Allan
if he was ready to start at once. He
said we are all ready but the firemen
will not go to Japan.
I at once mustered all hands and the sailors and foremen
demanded to see the Shipping Master;
as they would not go to Japan. I ordered
one of each to come on shore at once
and I took them to the Shipping Master
who did all in his power to persuade
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them