BRITISH SEAMEN.
A COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY. Received August 29, 8.24 a.m. August 28. The Board of TracleX'oinmitrMp of .Enquiry on.the Supply and Training of Boys for Sea men decline to recoi mend a suggested maximum grant of £25 per hroy in order to induce shipowners to train untrained boys. The grant would be onlyjustifiable in.ihe" event of the number of foreigners in the mercantile marine becoming a national danger.; . iir J -.- The Admiralty's witnesses declared' that the reserves were adequate, and that, owing to the- tendency ox tne work aboard a warship to "become more highly skilled, the utility of the mercantile marine as a recruiting ground for the Navy would probably in the future be limited. the committee is hopeful that the present tendency to a decrease in the foreign element will be maintained by the improvement of sea life generally and the new language test. The report recommends a capitation of £2O for* each boy prepared for a seafaring life ifi training ships, subject to -certain specified conditions. ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8524, 30 August 1907, Page 4
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170BRITISH SEAMEN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8524, 30 August 1907, Page 4
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