STRIKE THREATENED
CHINESE RIVER BOATS
HONGKONG, Dec. 21
On December 20, the China Coast Officers' Guild is calling out its members employed on Chinese-owned coastal river vessels which are not observing the recognised scale of wages.
Some 40 British officers and 12 ships are so far involved. Some Chinese companies are paying foreign officers absurdly low rates, captains receiving only the wages of' girl stenographers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 5
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65STRIKE THREATENED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 5
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