(Copy) M 214.
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To the Assistant Secretary,
M.25.900
(Farine Department).
Sir,
365
Buckhurst Hill,
1.1.07.
2003
The above is my home address! (17, Lichfield Street Walsall, there your letter went, is where I at times act locum tenens for a friend)
Peplying to your question of 29th December as to names of shipmasters who may support my statements I give the following who are friends of mine but "ho I fear would be resentful if they thought I gave the information.
Captain Peter Felma of S.S."Empire" .E.& A.Line.
0 McArthur
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Schau (or Shar
These all sail in Eastern
*Eastern" ព
Australian
Australiano's ships
regularly to Hong Kong (note the "Australian" is wrecked, I see, so that the best addresses of any of them in case of any disarrangement will be, B. & A. Coy.Sydney, F.S.W) The Captains of the foulie Ships were not friendly with us Transvaal Surgeons Superintendent of Chinese mi rants as we were over thein. My Captains were Captain Robert- son, S.S."Ikbal", Gulf Transport Line, Liverpool; Captain James Rowley of S.S. "Sikh" of ogul Line, London( "e is a member of the Constitutional Club,S..)
In giving you these names I feel somewhat of ar informer but I do feel that there is much to support the seamen's feeling that they cannot trust the system of the "aster and the Shipping "aster behind the desk when signing on or off. I can call, if you so desire, and say my say tee on the matter to you. I cannot blame the "aptains in Hong Kong for getting their busi-
ness smoothly expedited by a "tip", but I blame the Shipping Faster for permitting it and unscrupulously
allowing
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