PANIC ON STEAMER.
USE OF LASCAR CREWS. OBJECTIONS IN ENGLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 28, 5.5. p.m. London, May 26. The president of the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union (Mr. Havelock Wilson), interviewed, said the only knowledge that the Lascars ran amok in connection with the sinking of the Egypt came from the newspapers, but the facts would be revealed at the Board of Trade enquiry. The view of the Sailors' and Firemen s Union was that the safety first doctrine should apply on sea as well as on land. It was utterly impossible to get effective boat crevz drill from men of mixed nationalities, and it was utterly useless to expect the orders of officers to be conveyed to an alien. crew in an emergency. Lascar crews were all very well on the coast of India, but very unreliable in cold climates. Such crews should be employed only on the seas where they were recruited. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1922, Page 5
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159PANIC ON STEAMER. Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1922, Page 5
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