DISTRESSED N AVAL MEN
——-——--—-—¢-——-—- ‘ APPEAL ‘BY LORD BEATTY. I LONDON, Jan. 4. Earl Beatfy, interviewed, said that owing ‘to the I'educt.ion of the naval personnel 20,000 long service naval men wli-0 fought gallantly in the War, were now employed and sufl’ering distress in spite of pensions. Lord Beattjv gives details of brave deeds of several men whose families are practically starving. He points out: that skilled nieclmnics, electricians, engineers are ‘handicapped. in ‘seeking emplcryment by ‘trades unions regarding appreiiticesliip. He suggests that the bar should not be applied -to them, and I appeals to employers to give discharged naval men the Topportrunity of‘ earning their living. I 7 . . I
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3379, 7 January 1920, Page 3
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109DISTRESSED NAVAL MEN Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3379, 7 January 1920, Page 3
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