THE SIMONSIDE
SHIP /TO BE DOCKED
"DISGRACEFUL QUARTERS"
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, This Day.
'.'Conditions aboard ' the steamer Simonside are disgraceful, arid •in all my experience in Dunedin as secretary of the Seamen's Union, I don't think I have seen a vessel sailing, under modern conditions, so-bad, as far as the quarters and the living conditions of the crew are concerned," said the secretary of the union (Mr. Clarke). He added that : the crew could not be blamed for- having demanded changes. The utensils used would not be tolerated ,pn the New.Zealand coast or the' Pacific coast. '
"The agents state that the vessel will go into dock next week, when, the crew's quarters will be fumigated by the cyanide process, and new mattresses will be put in. She will sail on Thursday for Westport. :_ ' '• '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 10
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134THE SIMONSIDE Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 10
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