MERCHANT SERVICE
(Press Assn.
officers present a big petition to the commons unfair treat'ment
— By Telegraph— Copyright).
London, Nov. 30. The petition, on behalf of the ofificers of the merchant, navy, which was taken to Westminster from thd Tower Bridge aboard the decorated tug Britannia, contains the signartures of 12,000 officers and 19,000 members of the puhlic. It dema-nds an inquiry into the pay and conditions of service on merchant ships. The tug throughout the voyage was greeted with foghorns, all th'e river craft crews lining up and cheering. The petition was taken to the House of Commions from the Wlestminster pier and presented by Mr. P. J. H. Hannon (Conservative, Moseley) and Lieut.-Colonel Moore Brabazon (Conservative, Wlallasey). . The petitioners complain that m,ost foreign officers are higher paid than British, and also that many British ships are manned entirely by foreign - ers, fhough 3000 British officers and 40,000 seamen are unemployed.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 704, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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151MERCHANT SERVICE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 704, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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