CHINESE DO NOT WANT UNRRA TRAWLERS
' Eeceived .Siinday, 7.0 p.m. SYDXEY-, April 27. . The men who took. 15' tr'awlers on a convoy to China to assist Chinesu fislieries say that the ships are lying idle aud that feelin'g against the whixo .man. is running higm "They claim that when thev reached Bhanghai after risking their lives under Unrra auspices to take the little ships to China, they found 'l 50 other alleged fishing vesseis tied up at the wharves. None of these had been used. "It seems that the whole affair was a vvaste of time and^monev," said one man. "The Chinese* prefer their ^own junks.'and are only concerned with pnfering from the ships we sailed up. The men who have , stayed behind ro instruct the Chinese in seine fishing are (loing their instruction from the whfirves or from tlie Burlington hotei bar. " The oonvev took 82 days to reach Shanghai. Two Unrra officials who came back with the men would not coinment on. the position of the travvlers. One of them, Warrant Officer F. 1". Lloyd, of Wellington, said there wa.-> trouble brevving in China and that in his estimation there was a good chance of another Boxer rebellion within the next six months.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 April 1947, Page 5
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