SAILORS AND FEAR
Those who really know the merchant service sailor are not surprised at the way in which he has ignored the perils arising from German submarines and mines (says the London "Shipping* Ga- j zette").. As a matter of fact, the reduction in the supply of sailors due to this danger has beon infinitesimal—at the most, only lor 2 per cent. Nor lias there been a falling-off in the number of boys presenting themselves as apprentices. That, at all events, is the experience of the Shipping Federation. Any number of likely boys como forward, but, owing to there being ■ few ships available, not so -many youngsters can be indentured. As to tlio attitude of seamen, the instance is cited of a man who ships away through, the federation office, and' who lias been on three ships wliio'h were'torpedoed. Ho is still <at sea.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2717, 11 March 1916, Page 2
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145SAILORS AND FEAR Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2717, 11 March 1916, Page 2
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