OFFICERS TO STRIKE
CHINA COASTAL RIVER VESSELS.
ABSURDLY LOW WAGES PAID.-;
By Telegraph—Press . Assn.—Copyright Rec. 8 p.m. Hongkong, Dec. 21. The China Coast Officers’' Guild has called a strike ,on December 29 of its members employed . on Chinese-owned coastal river vessels which are not observing the recognised scale of wages. About 40 British officers and 12 ships are so far involved. , Some of the Chinese companies are paying foreign, officers absurdly low rates. Captains are receiving a girl stenographer’s wages.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1934, Page 6
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