“Some of the ships which visit Lyttelton have excellent quarters for the crew. Other crews again live in conditions which are a disgrace to the British flag,” said Mr E. S. Matheson, superintendent of the Seamen’s Institute, Lyttelton, speaking at a meeting of the Christchurch Ladies’ Guild of the British Sailors’ Society. “I am willing to substantiate these statements. When you ladies visit ships, everything is ready for your inspection. You are frequently shown the officers’ quarters, but how often do you see where the crews live? I have seen a room about one-quarter the size of this in which we are meeting, in which 22 men were sleeping, with no proper accommodation for baths, so that a fireman coming off duty used a bucket of tepid water.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 March 1939, Page 5
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