CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 336

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case when on board ship. Hr. Fletcher however pointed

out that the guards hitherto employed were untrained. They were now being put through a regular course of

discipline and training on the same lines as the Hong Kong

Police recruits, and he thought there could be no doubt

that in future they could be relied on, and would be

amenable to the discipline of the Masters.

15. Mr. Fletcher assured the representatives of the

Guilds that the Hong Kong Government are very anxious to do all they can to deal effectively with the problem, and they would welcome any practical suggestions that the

Guilds could make. In his view the crux of the whole

matter lay in the maintenance of a proper state of discipline. This view was borne out by the fact that the ships of the more reputable lines, by whom the regulations are observed and good discipline enforced, have been immune from attack. The plain fact was however that while the bulk of the China Coast officers were an admirable body of men, there were a number of "dead-heads" who were not fit to be in charge of ships and who were ready to take jobs under conditions that were a disgrace. The less reputable Chinese owners regarded the require-

Įmaxadm. Guild ments laid down by the Merchant Shipping Laws that

properly certificated officers should be carried on all ships on the British register, as a nuisance,

They employed these useless "dead-heads" at cut rates of pay, merely to comply with the letter of the regulations and it was notorious that in ceses, once out of

for practical purposes port, these officers took no further part in the

antrusted by the owner. management of the ship, which was entirely

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