CO129-478 - Public Offices & Others - 1922 — Page 392

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The Imperial Merchant

TELEPHONE NOS. 1971 8972 BANK, LIVERPOOL

2881 AVENUE, LONDON

1813 CARDIFT.

38 SOUTH SHIELDS.

52 DORPORATION, HULL,

4291 CENTRAL OLABOOW.

(REPRESENTING THE CAPTAIN AND NAVIGATING OFFICER OF THE BRIMOH MERCHANT GEN Vay

Solicitor at Mast Landing Seaports at

Home and Abroad.

Service Guild.

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Over 400 Agenti Ashors and Affont.

Agents at Landing i

Sexports throdskout The World.

ADOREŞA TELEORAN

DOLPHIN, LIVERPOOL QUILBORAFT, LONDON DOLPHIN, CARDIFF DOLPHIN, SOUTHEHIELDS. QUILDGRAFT. MULL DOLPHIN GLANDÓW PROTECTION, SUNDERLAND Assistant Secretary: Capt. H. A. CLEOG.

858 #UNDERLAND.

Secretary: Mr. T. W. MOORE, C.B.E., F.R.G.S.,

Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve (Honorary).

Chief Assistant Secretary: Lieut. G. D. SAY, M.B.E., A.N.V.A.

Cashier: Mr. G. K. MITCHELL.

HEAD OFFICES: THE ARCADE, LORD STREET, LIVERPOOL,

OFFICIAL.

S/EV.

OTHER OFFICES:

Dixon House, Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C.3. Imperial Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Cardin. The Old Town Hall, South Shields. 41, King Edward Street, Bull. Baltic Chambers, 50, Wellington Street, Glasgow. 32, West Suoniside, Sunderland.

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31t March 1923.

The Under-Secretary of State.

Colonial Office.

Sir,

I beg to enclose herewith a copy of a letter which we addressed to the Assistant Secretary, Mercantile Marine

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Department, Board of Trade, on the 24th February together with a copy of the reply received and the enclosure therein.

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The views of this Society representing the Captains and Officers of the Merchant Service are embodied in the letter addressed to the Board of Trade, and I sincerely trust that all possible consideration will be given to them by the Colonial Office.

The Management Committee of the Guild desire me to emphasise most strongly the fact that there are many hundreds

of Masters and Officers of the Merchant Service of all ranks at

the present time out of employment, a great many of whom, with

families to support, are bordering upon a state of absolute want.

Under these circumstances, my Committee feel that there cannot

be any justification for issuing British certificates of

competency to foreigners, which would enable them to take up

berths in ships on the China Coast in particular-hich would

otherwise be filled by British Officers.

We admit that