CHINESE SEAMEN.
INCREASE IN NUMBER SHIPPED. A MATTERUF SERIOUS CONCERN. ißeccivcd M-iy.lS, 8.10 .urn. LONDON, May 14. the Right Hon. Winston Churchill, President of the Hoard of Trade, replying to a question in the House ,of Commons by Mr Havelock Wilson, iLabour member ton Middelesborough, aaid that the recent unusual increase iln the number of Chinese seamen shipped in the United Kingdom >ports was a matter of serious concern, and was receiving the Board of "Trade's prompt and searching attention.
..RIOTOUS SCENES AT POPLAR. sJhGIWESE HUNTED IN EASTC, END STREETS. ■ißecelved May 15, 8 50 a.m. LONDON, May 14. Creat violence is being displayed fby British suliora towards Chinese at Vpoplar, to prevent their taking emiployment in British ships. The men allege that the Chinese : are unable to pass the language test. Cliinese are being hunted in many * of the East-end streets.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9091, 16 May 1908, Page 5
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142CHINESE SEAMEN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9091, 16 May 1908, Page 5
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