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    HI John.
    At the end of your post you said, Why anyone would give away a decent wage to sign on as an apprentice, Have you looked in the mirror recently ha ha. AS for Maritime Unions Methinks John is a little jealous about the wages we got out here.
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    The bit about Australians not being taken on foreign ships because of conditions of pay came from NUS official here a couple of years ago.
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    Des I left 32 pounds a day in one case in the uk with very little or no leave as such , for 76000 dollars a year and that was for 6 months a year paid leave. The year was 1991.you will have a better idea of the wages in Oz then.
    An AB was on 50 grand a year with the same leave system. Some of the seamen I sailed in certain vessels in UK were on 17 pounds a day and 3 days paid leave after a month at sea , they had to go on the dole or go back to sea. JS
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    As a memory just returned I sailed with a third mate, who served his time with Elder Dempsters and according to him the deck apprentices or Cadets were sent up in their 2 or 3 year to sit their EDHs certificate , he showed his to prove it. JS
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