Opportunities in Merchant ShipsHarper & brothers, 1919 - 97 էջ |
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... cents per hour . 4. Sea watches shall be set when vessel leaves for sea , but not later than 12 noon on day of departure ; sea watches shall continue until noon on day of arrival . The actual mooring and unmooring of vessel upon arrival ...
... cents per hour . 4. Sea watches shall be set when vessel leaves for sea , but not later than 12 noon on day of departure ; sea watches shall continue until noon on day of arrival . The actual mooring and unmooring of vessel upon arrival ...
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... cent . of the fire- men in our merchant marine are Spaniards , for the reasons I have stated - with an occa- sional Filipino and a considerable number of Italians . A coal - passer's work is hardest after the ship has been at sea a few ...
... cent . of the fire- men in our merchant marine are Spaniards , for the reasons I have stated - with an occa- sional Filipino and a considerable number of Italians . A coal - passer's work is hardest after the ship has been at sea a few ...
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... cent a month and are paid and controlled by the Marconi Company , though of course in the execution of their ship's duties they are under the orders of the captain and his officers , the same as anybody else in the ship's crew . A ship ...
... cent a month and are paid and controlled by the Marconi Company , though of course in the execution of their ship's duties they are under the orders of the captain and his officers , the same as anybody else in the ship's crew . A ship ...
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... cent . , but after the Panama Canal opened New York's advantage over Liverpool in those runs was 30 to 46 per cent . For Australasian ports New York used to have a disadvantage compared with Liver- pool of from 2 to 12 per cent ...
... cent . , but after the Panama Canal opened New York's advantage over Liverpool in those runs was 30 to 46 per cent . For Australasian ports New York used to have a disadvantage compared with Liver- pool of from 2 to 12 per cent ...
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... cents . While a man is apt to see first the great obvious trades , like the oil - carrying trade , there is every reason if he starts to sea young that he should definitely make up his mind to see for himself all the trading - routes ...
... cents . While a man is apt to see first the great obvious trades , like the oil - carrying trade , there is every reason if he starts to sea young that he should definitely make up his mind to see for himself all the trading - routes ...
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aboard ship ahead American ashore Asst astronomy Atlantic blue-ribbon Cadet captain cargo cent chance chief engineer civilian seaman civilian ships coal-passer coastwise crew deck develop engine-room fellow fireman freight Frisco Galveston gives go to sea Gulf Gulf of Mexico handy interesting Japan Joseph Conrad keep Lakes liners Liverpool lives Mackinac Island mate merchant marine MERCHANT SHIPS naval reserve Navigation navy nitrate oiler operated OPPORTUNITIES IN MERCHANT Orleans overtime Pacific Panama Canal passenger passenger-ships port Punta Arenas River sailing-ships sailor San Francisco Sea chanties sea pictures sea watches Seamen's Seamen's Institute sextant ship's officer Shipping Board shipping companies shipping-offices South America Standard Oil steam Steamship Company steward talk there's thing third mate tion trades and routes union United States merchant vessel voyage W. R. Grace Ward line York City young
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Էջ 33 - An' now the main eccentrics start their quarrel on the sheaves. Her time, her own appointed time, the rocking link-head bides, Till — hear that note? — the rod's return whings glimmerin' through the guides. They're all awa! True beat, full power, the clangin' chorus goes Clear to the tunnel where they sit, my purrin
Էջ 26 - They had been strong, as those are strong who know neither doubts nor hopes. They had been impatient and enduring, turbulent and devoted, unruly and faithful. Well-meaning people had tried to represent...
Էջ 33 - Lord, send a man like Robbie Burns to sing the Song o' Steam! To match wi' Scotia's noblest speech yon orchestra sublime Whaurto - uplifted like the Just - the tail-rods mark the time. The crank-throws give the double-bass, the feed-pump sobs an
Էջ 32 - Romance ! Those first-class passengers they like it very well, Printed an' bound in little books ; but why don't poets tell ? I'm sick of all their quirks an' turns - the loves an' doves they dream Lord, send a man like Robbie Burns to sing the Song o
Էջ 26 - But in truth they had been men who knew toil, privation, violence, debauchery - but knew not fear, and had no desire of spite in their hearts. Men hard to manage, but easy to inspire; voiceless men - but men enough to scorn in their hearts the sentimental voices that bewailed the hardness of their fate.
Էջ 29 - Working hours on week days in port shall be from 7 am to 12 m. and from 1 pm to 5 pm 3.
Էջ 27 - ... voices that bewailed the hardness of their fate. It was a fate unique and their own ; the capacity to bear it appeared to them the privilege of the chosen: their generation lived inarticulate and indispensable, without knowing the sweetness of affections or the refuge of a home; and died free from the dark menace of a narrow grave. They were the everlasting children of the mysterious sea. Their...
Էջ 27 - But the others were strong and mute; they were effaced, bowed and enduring, like stone caryatides that hold up in the night the lighted halls of a resplendent and glorious edifice. They are gone now — and it does not matter. The sea and the earth are unfaithful to their children: a truth, a faith, a generation of men goes — and is forgotten, and it does not matter ! Except, perhaps, to the few of those who believed the truth, confessed the faith — or loved the men.
Էջ 30 - The crew shall have one (1) unbroken hour for dinner while lying in port or roadstead, and no work shall be performed during such hour. Dinner shall be from 12 m. to 1 pm, but may be varied not to exceed one hour either way. Breakfast...
Էջ 31 - ... 13. Members should use their judgment at all times, and if in doubt what should be charged as overtime should do the work required of them and then refer the case to the union for adjustment.