LATEST IN WOODEN BOATS.
DECENT CREW ACCOMMODATION. (Special Correspondent.) Wellington, Jan. i!). The American wooden steamer, Annette Rolph, which' arrived here yesterday, is reported to have been built in 28 days. If this is true, there must liavo been very careful and extensive preparation of material in advance. The Annette Rolph would be a craft of great interest, in any case, because she embodies in her design the new theory that the sailor and his colleague tho fireman are decent human beings who ought to be housed in some measure of comfort. This is a point of more general interest than many people may imagine The coastal and intercolonial boats are wasting much time and money and inflicting inconvenience on a great many people, because the crews are in a perpetual state of discontent. The men are well paid, but, they are provided, as a general rule, with shockingly cramped, tilated and uncomfortable quarters. The old-fashioned master and shipowner say that the men are such unpleasant fellows that they would not appreciate better conditions. Tint the Americans are tryin? out, with obvious success, a theory that, the wnv tn jet contented crews is to make it possible fur the mr'n to be comfortable at sea.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1919, Page 2
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205LATEST IN WOODEN BOATS. Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1919, Page 2
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