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Wednesday, Friday.
2nd April 4th April.
• Malden Voyage from Yokohama. TATSUTA MARU
Monday,
14th April.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
MISHIMA MARU
SIBERIA MÁRU
4th April, Friday, Saturday, 19th April. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
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Saturday, Saturday,
KATORI MARU
22nd March. 5th April.
Wednesday, 28th March. Wednesday, 23rd April BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
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27th March.
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AKI MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolula, Los Angeles,
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Saturday,
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,
KANAGAWA MARU
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5th April.
Saturday,
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Thursday,
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Wednesday,
5th April
3rd April. 16th April.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genou.
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Thursday,
20th March.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
+ MURORAN MARU
Saturday,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
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Saturday, Monday,
15th March.
21st March. 22nd March. 31st March.
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Tuesday, 18th March.
Friday, 25th April.
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Friday, 21st March, Friday, 25th April.
Saturday, 22nd March. Thursday, 3rd April.
Monday, 31st March.
Wednesday, 19th March. Friday, 4th April.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
INDIAN SEAMEN'S WAGES
1
Evidence Taken at Calcutta
WHITLEY COMMISSION PUZZLED
the Union Fund. In fact they would rather see it abolished and an improved provident fund for all workers in its stead.
Replying to Mr. Roy Chowdry, the Secretary of the Union stat ed that the Union was taking steps. to form a loan society for the benefit of its members. Many of were in the handa of
some
A truly deplorable state of affairs | cruitment Committee which was set whom was disclosed before the Whitley up in 1924 and start a recruitmont money lenders. So far they had Commission at Calcutta, says the bureau to be worked in conjunction not approached the port trust to Allahabad Ploneer, when the repre- with an advisory committee repre-help in the scheme. sentatives of the Indian Seamen's sentative of seamen and ship. Sir Victor Sassoon had Union gave evidence. There are owners.
pertinent questions to ask the No effect was given to the Com- Union regarding their plea that estimated to be some quarter of a Imillion men who follow the calling mittee's recommendations apart Indian seamen should have the of a lascar in this country. The from the announcement by the same treatment as European sea- shipping lines provide re-local Government in 1924 of the men. gular employment for but appointment of a shipping master "If Indian seamen were engag- half a hundred thousand, or who was also to act as Officer in ed on the same terms as Euro-
Afth of
number. charge of the recruitment bureau. pean seamon. do you the total
think so While it is probably true to say that Actually the matter reated there, many Indians would find employ- of the remaining two hundred The bureau never came Into ment," he asked. The Union thousand, many must have depart-existence and when the Union spokesmen were compelled to ad- od from the ports and gone to thoir asked about it they were told that mit that many more Indians would villages for the time being, it is with regard to recruitment the bo unemployed.
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сал
certain that a considerable propor- shipping master could do nothing. "Then actually, if you got your tion must be left without joba. It So far as the Union was aware no way, it would throw many more was pointed out that in Calcutta | seamen had been recruited through of your members out of work," But if, as there asked Sir Victor whereupon he itself, there were regularly some the bureau.
Better Food
out of employment. acemed to be a danger of their was told that the Union did not 20,000 men Naturally, under such conditions as doing, "the Union spokesmen Im-want the same conditions as for these, abuses are rife. The spokes-agined that with the realisation of European seamen, but something men of the Union described how of their troubles would disappear approaching them, those in search of work had to automatically. pledge as much as a 'quarter of Mr. Ahmed speedily shattered On Indian-owned ships, he add- their salaries in advance to the their complacency by pointing out ca, both officers and crew ware brokers who have the contracts that according to their own figures supplied with better food than for supplying scamen to the ship only 50,000 out of roughly 250,000 was supplied to Indians on Bri plng companies. Some of these Indian seamen obtained any. tish-owned ships. companies have their own labour ex-thing like regular employment. Sir Victor Sassoon drew atten-
tion changes, but even in such cases,
The Unemployed
the to a paragraph In the demands of the serangs have There were 20,000 seamen rememorandum submitted to the to be complied with. Mr. Whitley and Calcutta alone. How would a re-Commission by the Union com. his colleagues were unable to aug-cruitment bureau help these men? plaining that no provision had gest any means for coping with the gularly out of work at the port of been made in the way of refresh- wholesale unemployment that a recruitment bureau, a major part ments, shelters or creches for the exists; it is obvious that it cannot There the Union had another sug- benefit of seaman. "Do you want be remedied so long as the supply gestion to make. "All new re- creches on board ships," he ask- of and demand for labour remain cruitment for a limited period and ed. "No, only in porta," he was In this disparity. As for the cuz pension off the old bands," was told. "But you would like them ing of the bribery and corruption their solution. "And who pays," on ships," he persisted. "Oh, that exists, it may be that the ins-naked Mr. Tassle. "The ship-yes," Was the prompt reply. titution of an official Recruitment owners, of course," he was told by "Thanks,” said Sir Victor and the Bureau would do much, but it could a Union member with the casy President touched his bell. not prevent serangs and the like air of settling a simple problem.. from leaving toll upon the men ap pointed to serve under them.
says:--
ZANZI-five
It
Mr. Question of Immigration
Restriction
EXPORTER'S REQUEST
To secure fair treatment all round when crews were being re- CHINA & AUSTRALIA Bribery and Corruption eruited, the Union suggested ro- The newspaper's own correspond-cruitment by a roster system. dent, writing from Calcutta, would also check bribery.
Clough suggested, that as there Serangs have to be bribed by were four seamen unemployed for every member of a ship'a crew and every one who had a job, a roster jobs are so scarce that there are would be of little help as it would
seamen waiting for every only mean that seamen would get. Mesars. Butterfeld & Swire, who! Vacancy. This was the burden of only one year's work in overy five. are agents for the Australian woe laid before the Whitley Com- One of the difficulties they had | Oriental Line, gave Bumptuous mission in Calcutta by the spokes to contend with in their attempt dinner on the evening of March 13, men of the Indian Seamen's Union. to stop bribery was not being able, at the Kwong Chow.Restaurant, to A doleful tale was narrated by for a long time, in spite of many re- Australian shippers to meet Mr. L. S. Rowntree, the shipping ness permeated their depression Lately their request had been com- manager of the Australian Oriental and at the end of the day Mr. Whit-plied with.
Line at Sydney, and to discuss business with him. Over 200 sat ley and his colleagues must have felt more than ever convinced that
down to enjoy a good meal. a sailor's life, as typified in certain well-known sentimental ballade is overrated to say the least.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER—Via Japan Porta from the seamen. Not a gleam of bright-quests, to get a list of seranga.
Shanghel
MELBOURNE Via Manlia, Brisbane
MADRAS MARU
HAIPHONG-Yla Hollow & Pathol.
MENADO MARU
& Sydney.
Monday, 7th April.
Thursday, 20th March, 10 a.m.
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama.
JAPAN PORTS.
SEATTLE MARU
KRELUNG-Vla Swatow & Amoy.
Friday, 21st March.
Sunday, 23rd March, Noon.
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"Does that mean that the shadow of the Commission, has been going before it," asked Mr. Whitley amid laughter.
After dinner, Mr. J. McHutchon, who represented Messrs. Butter- Mr. Tassie, armed with a state- Reid & Swire in the Chair, made a ment showing the Union's financial short speech to welcome the guests. Mr. Rowntree followed, and ex- position, was curious to know why the Union claimed to have a mem- plained that his object in coming bership of nearly 16,000 when their to Hong Kong was to get in touch showed with Chinese 'merchants here, and or statements of accounts that, on an average,
only 1,400 to obtain some useful information paid their subscriptions. He was from them and suggestions for the improvement of his Company's told that many
service. badly in arrears.
Chinese Immigration
members
were
The chief grouse of the seamen was regarding the system of re eruiting crews. It is now done largely by shipping brokers, through their agents which, accord. ing to the seamen, has led to whole- The men have to sale bribery. www pay a quarter of their wages in
bribes, otherwise they can scarcely Mr. Whitley observed that it hope to get a job.
was a grievance of the Bombay Mr. Whitley wanted to know if seamen that Calcutta seamen got the Union, which they claimed all the joba. He had even heard had 16,000 members and embraced of Calcultta crews being sent to the best type of seaman, had never Bombay. The Union secretary tried to stamp out bribery by resaid it was because seamen were fusing to give bribes. The Union engaged on a lower pay in Calcutta. Mr. Whitley: Not because Cal- spokesmen admitted that they had done it successfully once, but there cutta men are better sermen.
Witness: Mr. Whitley were difficulties. shook his head understandingly, He and his colleagues have heard so much about these difficulties in the way of stamping out bribery since they landed in India.
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I don't think so. He added that there was nothing to prevent Bombay reamen from coming to Calcutta.
Mr. Whitley: Oh, 'you don't take a parochial view then. (Laugh ter),
Queation of Wages
The solution suggested by the Union was that the Government should adhore rigidly to the recom mendations of the Seamen's Re-were the same.
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Mr. Tasale stated that nesmen's wages in Calcutta and Bombay
"Are you aware," he asked the Union spokesman, that during he war shipowners could not get
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Mr. Josh was interested to learn what kind of accommoda tion Indian seamen were given on ships. "Our bertha are "Hike cages," he was told. A compari- son was drawn with the accom modation provided for European seamen.
In the matter of food also an invidious distinction was made, the seamen told the Commission. Dried feh five days a week was the lot of many Indian seamen ae cording to them.
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Mr. Tamie-alfcited the informa« tion that all worked employed by the Fort Trusts came thin the scope, either offspension scheme None of the
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