SHIP DESERTERS HOLD UP FOOD SHIPS
Received Friday, 1Q.5, am. - - LONDON, Jan, 15. Many British seamen, tiring of BritaM's an§terity, are deserting at New Zealand and Australian ports, §aid a British shipping Federation spokesman. The number of ship^junrpers has inereased in recent weeks, and it is feared that if the position gets worse food shipments to Britain , rpay be delayed. The spokesman said that the number of deserters is not as. hikh as the 4Q00 x*eported, but th,e hum-. ber^: were greater than in r 19'46. Fifteen men deserted one ship. in Au§traiia recently. "This is. a serious problem, hut an even rppre serious prQblepi is replacing them."
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 January 1948, Page 5
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