THE MERCHANT NAVY
PETITION TO PARLIAMENT.
DEMAND FOR INQUIRY.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, November 30.
The petition on behalf of the officers of the merchant navy was taken to Westminster from the Tower Bridge aboard the decorated tug Britannia. The petition contains the signatures of 12,000 officers and 10,000 members of the public. It demands an inquiry into the pay and conditions of the service. The tug throughout the voyage was greeted with foghorns from all the river craft, the crews lining up and cheering. Tire petition was taken to the House of Commons from Westminster pier, and presented by Mr P. J. H. Hannon and Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Moore-Brabazon. The petitioners complain that most foreign officers are higher paid than British, and that many British ships are manned entirely by foreigners, though 3000 British officers and 40,000 seamen are unemployed.
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Southland Times, Issue 22188, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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142THE MERCHANT NAVY Southland Times, Issue 22188, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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