During the evacuation of forcign-Jers from river ports, the officers of the China Navigation Company's} vessels whick were affected worked night and day looking after refugees! Jand in practically every case gave} jup their own rooms and practically} everything in the way of their own personal comfort, for the benefit of the unfortunate refugees.
They never complained; they' thanks; and got none the refugees themsel gratitude kx most cases knew no} bound During the strike of seamen at Shanghai j= the summer of 1926 the Joficers of the company performed; all sorts of tasks not €or ithe norma! sphere of their iment as shins' officers and engineers. As an instance of this, may be mentioned the fact that it was the] officers who maintained communic tion between the Company's offices jand the wharves, Otherwiot the China Navigation Company' launches would have been a+ idle as the strikers intended them to be, At the present time, officers of the} Company's ships lying at Pooturs—ind there ar? quite a-number owing} to the sinic which commenced three} effect that at the time the re-Osten wag fat propose, Ue aes the Chinese staffs of the China Navigation Company, on the whares, and godowns were increased, Te was not proposed that the reduction which was to apply to the foreign masters and officers should, also be made applicable to any other department of the China Navigation Company. This in itself, apart from any economic consideration, the! officers strongly considered was most infquitou
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