Tanker dispute
Sir, —Philip Worthington’s excellent report on “Getting to the bottom of the oil dispute” does little credit to New Zealand seamen, although it should be stressed that New Zealand-born seamen are in the minority in our diminishing merchant service. My wife and I recently returned from a brief Pacific cruise aboard the Russian liner Fedor Shalyapin (formerly Cunard’s Franconia). We noticed that the crew worked long hours, apparently received no overtime and had little shore leave. Starry-eyed political philosophers may be interested to know that this ship is never “stuck up” and always sails on time. The service was certainly excellent. Russians do not smile much but they would have less to smile at than our seamen. The writing is on the wall for New Zealand merchant shipping and seamen.
The Soviet hammer and sickle is now well entrenched in our back yard.—Yours, etc., JOHN LESLIE. October 13, 1976.
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