Why do not colonial boys taKe to the sea? This question has often been before the public, but probably every reason other than the right one has bean adduced in answer to the query. At the meeting of the Royal New Zealand Association of ex-Im-perial Navy Men, in Wellington, Captain G. H. White stated that many young colonials had gone to sea, but had been driven away from it because of the number of foreigners that merchant ships carried. He had seen forecastles with one or two Britishers, the rest of the crew being comprised of foreigners. When at Whangarei some years ago, he had ascertained that on eleven vessels in the harbour there were only two Britishers among the entire complements. He was one of them. If shipowners had been compelled to carry two-third British crews.more colonials might have been induced to,.follow the saa as a liveli-
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 523, 4 December 1912, Page 5
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148Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 523, 4 December 1912, Page 5
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