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    Default A sailor’s life – 80. Worse things happen at sea: the steward’s story

    David Morris called himself a journalist, a writer. He’d been on the lookout for a job on a square rigger for months before he heard of Monkbarns in Sydney in June 1925. He wanted “atmosphere” for some historical sea stories he was preparing to publish, he told the Newcastle Sun as the ship loaded Australian coal for South America. He wanted thrills, he wanted to “see the Pacific at its worst”.Around him on deck, eyes slid away. “Some of the crew, with that superstition born in seamen, are inclined to regard him us a hoodoo,” the reporter noted.Three weeks earlier Morris had shot across to Walsh Bay, Sydney, where the ship was discharging nitrate, and buttonholed the mate, offering himself in any capacity at a nominal wage. The mate had said “Nothing doing”, but as he trudged off down the gangway, they’d had a rethink. If he really wanted the experience, said the master, he could come along as a general helper at £2 a month (about £1,000 per annum today.)

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    Default Re: A sailor’s life – 80. Worse things happen at sea: the steward’s story

    Your search for https://monkbarns.wordpress.com/2016...tewards-story/ did not match with any results.
    Doc this is what I got following your Link.
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    Strange Charlie as when i click on that Link you give it opens in the place it should with the Story??
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    This is what I get Charlie



    Added My link above should now work Charlie in #1
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    Default Re: A sailor’s life – 80. Worse things happen at sea: the steward’s story

    The Pelcans court hairdresser was my Father Bill Hughes , according to his discharge book he signed on as sailor.He was on the Monkarns for the full voyage which lasted 3years 3 months and 16 days.At the end of the trip he went up for Second Mate

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    Doc the thread that failed yesterday worked to day. Strange!

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