SWISS SEAMEN
The hoisting of the Swiss flag on the high seas has brought to the fore the problem of recruiting young seamen, says Swiss Industry and Trade. \\ hereas in other countries seamen are usually recruited among families in which seamanship is hereditarv, Switzerland had had to adopt other methods. Two years and a half ago a training ship was founded to train sailors of Swiss nationality, and this has gone a long way towards solving the problem. Experience has shown that youths from mountainous districts are well suited for shipboard
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 194, 18 August 1942, Page 6
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91SWISS SEAMEN Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 194, 18 August 1942, Page 6
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