SEAMEN AND SHIPOWNERS
A SPIRIT OF GIVE AND TAKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, September 29. At the annual dinner of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union, Mr. Devitt, of the Orient Company, and several other leading shipowners were present. Mr. Havelock Wilson, who presided, said that the union was endeavoring to promote good feeling with the employers. lie did not believe shipowners in the past had had the best value out of the men. He suggested that a pension scheme for seamen at fifty years of age would encourage a good 'class to enter the service. Sir Walter Runciman, managing director of the Moor Line Company, replying, said the shipping industry had recently fought a well-conducted fight, and recognised the seamen had a side as well as themselves.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 86, 2 October 1911, Page 5
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127SEAMEN AND SHIPOWNERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 86, 2 October 1911, Page 5
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