Clyde Shipping Company: Ltd Steamship Ailsacraig,
Head Office CARLTON PLACE,
GLASGOW.
Mr. Guteños
Dear Sir
Shipping
I was
397
at Song Hong 24 Jany. 1904
Maste
sony
to hear of the base charges which
have been made against you by
Some one no doubt, who
either, covets the position you have held for so many years
I have been led away by lying reports from those, who,
no doubt, have been refractory Seamen, and who have been dealt with by you
at some past time. Crew before you
have discharged any
have counted the money
personally members of the
at various times
due to the various
men and seen them get it rightly, unless
where sometimes (as it will occur) there were odd cents due
to some
of them, then they got ... to divide amongst two
or three,
out of coppers
as
the
case
might be if we
...
Regarding your being in league with the Barns.