BRITISH SHIPPING.
THE QUESTION; OP MA.NXIKG. Press Assbciataon-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON. jvfov 29. A representative deputation, of Trades Unions.; waited -upon • Mr, •••.•Lloyd-George, •President- of the Board of Trade.' relative to the finforeement ot .the powers lor the proper manning of British ships. Mr George said it "noiild unwise In. ■rush shipowners all at one<i with every' Liii.l of reform.. Arore had been done: during the last few., vears for the benefit, of seamen than during the previous thirty.. IflitH.- ..business of live Legislature was to force a reluctant and reealoitrant minority up. to the level of "the better type ot ship-owner. .Manning '• was not merely a question of numbers, bur of efficiency. ;\n dcompeft&iiey. • ITel iprmn]sed to recomnifiiid tljfe' : advisoiy commit.n?e! to consider the ; rjiistion of '.under-manmiig; and added that much : depended • on. (he improvement of the: -conditions of the . mercniitile : ;■ Sailors too must rei: member, that. they .also had a duty to perform. .•They were altogether free of perform. They were' not altogether free of hlame .themselves. .
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13457, 2 December 1907, Page 5
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168BRITISH SHIPPING. Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13457, 2 December 1907, Page 5
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