The Golden Kauri

BORAH, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem in which Ananias Hope, former third officer of the steamship Golden Kauri, is seeking to recover damages on the ground that he was wrongfully discharged from the vessel’s service. The undisputed facts are these: On March 22, 1935, at the port of San Francisco, California, libelant entered the service of the ship at a rate of wages of $125 per month, and signed the following articles of agreement : “It is agreed between the Master and seamen, or mariners, of the S. S. ‘Golden Kauri’, San Francisco, Cal., of which W. E. Warnell is at present Master,…