THE MERCHANT SERVICE
TRIBUTE TO THE CREWS STRAIN m TIME OF WAR (British O.ficial Wireless) RUGBY, Mar. 20. Captain Coombs, general secretaryof the Navigators and Engineer Officers' Union, in a speech in London, emphasised the great physical strain to which the personnel of the merchant service was subjected in war, especially of sailing in convoys A collision, he Said, was even in peace time the, greatest fear of a master, and the risk was higher when it was necessary to sail near other ships, often zigzagging, and sometimes at night. He paid a special tribute to the lascar crews, of whose bravery and endurance he said the officers spoke in terms of the highest praise.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24254, 23 March 1940, Page 12
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115THE MERCHANT SERVICE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24254, 23 March 1940, Page 12
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