TEA, NOT RUM
JACK TARS NOW PREFER SOOTHING MORNING CUP. SYDNEY, Friday. "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum." Such enthusiasm for rum, which tradition regards as part and parcel of the life of Jack Tar, is fast fading. The modern sailor is contented with a nice cup of tea. Mr. W. E. Clayton, who for many years had charge of naval victualling yards in various parts of the world, reached Sydney to-day by the Orsova, and told of this notable development in the British Navy in the past few years. He does not think, however, that Jack is hecoming 1 effeminate. He believes that the sailor would fight just as well on tannin as on alcohol. • It is the modern athletic age, he says. Grog is still served, but those who take the allowance instead of the -issue spend it in milk, tea, and sugar. Mr. Clayton was in charge of the Royal Edward Victualling yard, Sydney, from 1910 to 1913.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 175, 17 March 1932, Page 2
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