UNQUALIFIED SEAMEN
Few Prospects Of Work
Dominion Special Service. AUGKLANID. September 2f>. The Auckland Seamen's Union hud been inundated will) applications for membership from unqualified men, but there was little chance of their obl'tiining work, said the secretary, Mr. ’IL Anderson. The men could join if they insisted. Ibtit the union could not guarantee them jobs. -Many of the 'applicants "were men rejected' for the services, but still keen to serve tlieir country and go overseas on ships i'f possible. Others were youths who had been in the Army and could not settle down. Alany more were from inland farms. Only three classes could bo admitted to the union, Air. Anderson continued. They were men who coulrl produce their qualifications, deck >boys, who had to be 1.8 years or under, and unqualified men who wished to work as trimmers or wipers. Qualified able seamen .were welcomed with open arms, but there were few oueuiugs for the other two classes.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 4, 30 September 1943, Page 3
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159UNQUALIFIED SEAMEN Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 4, 30 September 1943, Page 3
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