VALUE OF CLUBS FOR SEAMEN
British Sailors’ Society
Visitor
The intense loneliness experienced by seamen and the value of clubs ashore in dispelling it was referred to by the guest speaker at a meeting of the Canterbury branch of the English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth last evening at Elizabeth House.
He is the Rev. R. W. Phillips, Superintendent-chaplain of the British Sailors’ Society, who is visiting the Dominion to further the work of the Seamen’s Missions.
‘‘A nation which neglects the welfare of its seamen does so at its own risk,” said Mr Phillips. It was during the crisis at Dunkirk, when he had seen 18,000 men pass through the doors of the British Sailors’ Society at Dover in 48 hours, that the immense value of those serving at sea had been impressed upon him. The president of the branch (Mr S. Gill) and Mrs Gill received the guests and welcomed Mr W. > Peers (vice-president) and Mrs Peers back from their trip abroad.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28752, 25 November 1958, Page 2
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