MERCHANT SERVICE
Officers’ Petition Regarding Conditions NOVEL PRESENTATION London, November 30. A petition on behalf of the officers of the merchant navy was taken to Westminster from the Tower Bridge aboard the decorated tug Britannia. The petition contains the signatures of twelve thousand officers and ten thousand members of the public. It demands an inquiry into th - pay and conditions of service on merchant shipg, The tug throughout its voyage was greeted with foghorns from all river craft, the crews lining up and cheeriijg. The petition was taken to the House of Commons from Westminster Pier and presented by Mr. P. J. Hannon (C.) and Lieut.-Colonel MooreBrabazon (C.). The petitioners complain that most foreign officers are higher paid than British, and that many British ships are manned entirely by foreigners, though 3000 British officers and 40,000 seamen are unemployed.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 59, 2 December 1933, Page 7
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139MERCHANT SERVICE Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 59, 2 December 1933, Page 7
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