CANADIAN SHIPPING.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19913, 16 June 1936, Page 8

CANADIAN SHIPPING.

EMPLOYMENT 0F NATIONALS. l COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS] United Press Assni—Eloc. Tel. Conyrlght. (Received June 16, 3.15 pm.) ‘ OT'I‘A\VA, June 15. i The‘ report of the House of Com—‘ mons committee on industrial foreign relations urges the greater employment. at Canadians on steamers operated by the Government or under Government subsidies, and recommends that. 50 per cent of those employed on Canadian national ships as stewards and firemen he Canadians Declaring that the Canadian—Austra—lian line employs only eight Canadians in a crew of 510. the committee re—commends that the line he requested "to afford Canadian seamen a reasonable degree of employment at its earl—iest comenience.“ ‘ lt urges that the Canadian Par‘iflc Company be obliged to use only Can—adian seamen in the deck services on the (itanadian Orient Line. The Cam adlan Pacific company has protested that to replace chinese with whites 'on the Oriental liners would involve such an extra cost as to make the op—eration of the service financially im—possible 01‘ 2033 men in the service 265 are \vhites. _.-—:---__—-_.-—_—_._