STRONG COMMENT.
CONDITIONS ON SHIP. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 18. “The conditions aboard the steamer Simonside are disgraceful, and 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 living conditions of the crew were concerned,” said the secretary, Mr Clarke, who added that lie could not blame tlie crew for having demanded changes. The utensils used would not be tolerated on 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 put in. She will sail on Thursday for Westport.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 12
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128STRONG COMMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 20 July 1936, Page 12
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