CREW’S QUARTERS.
COMPLAINTS ON SIMONSIDE.
(Per Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, July 18,
“The conditions aboard the steamer Simonside are disgraceful and in all my experience in Dunedin as secretary of the Seamen’s Union, I do not think I have seen a vessel sailing under modern conditions so bad as far as quarters and the living conditions of the crew are concerned,” said tlie secretary (Mr Clarke), who added that he could not blame the crew for having demanded changes. The utensils used -would not he tolerated on the New Zealand coast or Pacific coast.
The agents state that the vessel will go into dock next week when the crew’s quarters will be fumigated by the cyanide process and new mattresses put in. The steamer will sail on Thursday for Westport.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 237, 20 July 1936, Page 4
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