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REGP 29 JUN 86/
At a private meeting of Officers and Engineers, representing the employees of the different British Steam Ship Companies trading
on the Coast of China and Japan, held at the Temperance Hall, Hong Kong, on Tuesday, the 11th May, the following resolutions were
passed unanimously:
"That the employment of foreigners as
Officers and Engineers in the Mercantile Marine
is prejudicial to our best interests, politically
and commercially, and is not only seriously
affecting the seafaring class particularly,
but also the industrial classes at home".
"The competition between British and
German Companies on the two coasts being
so keen, and several of the British Steamers being
Commanded and officered by Germans, it is absolutely necessary that Certificates
of...