IN ERITREA.
CONDITIONS ARE SHOCKING. STRONG ANTI-BRITISH FEELING. Conditions in the port of Massawali Eritrea) were described as shocking y Hie officers and crew of the British ramp steamer Appledore, which eached Sydney last week after having pent three months and a hair there. The ship went lo Massawali with 000 lons of grain, expecting to dis-
charge and be out again inside a week. So had were the labour conditions, however, and such was the antiBritish feeling, that it look Hie whole of Hie three months and a half to discharge Ihe grain.' Native labour could scarcely he obtained. Gear (o unload Ihe cargo was incredibly scarce, and at times the natives had lo use their hands instead of shovels. The Italian troops in Massawali were slack and undisciplined, according to the crew. The Italian sick and wounded were brought lo the port im, . , . T l ) oadef, { on ( ,10 sp*tal ships. one officer; "hut there seemed to he a tremendous number of them/*
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19816, 21 February 1936, Page 13
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164IN ERITREA. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19816, 21 February 1936, Page 13
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