AUTOCRATS OF THE SEA
Tliero is no person ivith greater power in the world to-day than a ship's captain. As a recent writer describes it, " the master of a ship at sea it the only absolute autocrat in the universe to-day. A ship may be valued at £2,000,000; specie worth £300,000 in the bullion room; 10,000 bags of mail; 1500 passengers; and a crew of 800. Everything depends on the master's discretion and judgment to bring his world to dry lantL,"-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21467, 15 April 1933, Page 5 (Supplement)
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81AUTOCRATS OF THE SEA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21467, 15 April 1933, Page 5 (Supplement)
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