BLACK OUTLOOK.
DECKHANDS WITH MASTERS’ CERTIFICATES.
SCARCITY OF EMPLOYMENT.
A black outlook for seamen and shipping in the near future is predicted by Mr. D. Y. Syme, of Melbourne.
Speaking at a meeting, lie laid particular stress on the necessity of co-operation to meet the trouble looming ahead. He said that harmony was required between the shipowners and seamen ashore and afloat, and, speaking with the authority of Australian shipowners, he was assured that they desired nothing more at present. During the war the 50,000,000 tons of shipping was greatly reduced by submarine and mining operations, but the leeway had been, made up, and now stood at 60,000,000 tons. But trade was still reeling from the effects of the war, and there was no employment for millions of tons of shipping.
He instanced one oversea liner which left Melbourne recently with five men working as deckhands possessing master mariners’ certificates, and qualified to take command.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1921, Page 2
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155BLACK OUTLOOK. Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1921, Page 2
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