New Zealand seamen have formed a social club—membership now more than 400—to prove to the public that seamen, like workers in other trades and occupations, are decent, hardworking, able-bodied men willing to fit into any community. The aims of the club, called the New Zealand Seamen’s Social Club, are to provide social, cultural and sports activities for seamen when they come ashore, to arrange outings for handicapped children, and to foster better relations between seamen and the local residents at ports of call. The club expects to raise about £6OOO within the next few years to build a modem clubroom in Auckland. In the four months the club has been functioning, more than £4OO has been raised for I this purpose.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19550915.2.137
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27764, 15 September 1955, Page 13
Word Count
121Untitled Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27764, 15 September 1955, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in