BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE.
5,000 BOYS WANTED ANNUALLY
WHY SEAMEN ARE SCARCE
("Sydney Sun's" Special Service.)
LONDON, October 24
Speaking aba national conference on eea training to-day, Lord Devonport, chairman of the Port of London Authority, said that the British mercantile marine required an influx of 5000 boys annually through approved training ships. He pointed out that the decrease in the number of British seamen now employed was. attributable to the relative disadvantages of the sea compared, with employment ashore. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, wrote expressing sympathy with the object of the conference, and promising to consider the question of providing monetary assistance towards its accomplishment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 31 October 1912, Page 7
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109BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 31 October 1912, Page 7
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