GIRL AS HARBOUR-MASTER
Britain's woman harbour-master is only 25, but she has held the job for five years. She is Miss Stella Gale, who has to collect harbour dues sfrom skippera of vessels which enter Paignton Pool, Devon. " Everybody is very decent about paying their dues," she says. " They often come to my office to savo me the trouble of rowing out to their vessels." Miss Gale has lived at the waterside all her life, and since her sixth birthday has owned a boat. She has a thorough knowledge of tides, cbartf, and navigation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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94GIRL AS HARBOUR-MASTER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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