PETITION TO PARLIAMENT.
BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE. A NOVEL PRESENTATION. Received December 1, 12.25 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 30. The petition on behalf of the officers of the Merchant Navy was taken to Westminster front -the Tower Bridge aboard the decorated tug Britannia. It contains the signatures of 12,000 officers and 10,000 members of the public and demands an inquiry into the pay and conditions of service on merchant ships. The tug throughout the voyage was greeted with foghorns, all the river craft crews lining up and cheering. The petition was taken to the House of Commons from Westminster Pier and presented by Mr J. Hannon and Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon.
The petitioners complain that most of the foreign officers are higher paid than the British and that many British ships are manned entirely by foreigners though there are 3000 British officers and 40,000 seamen unemployed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 1 December 1933, Page 8
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142PETITION TO PARLIAMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 1 December 1933, Page 8
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