Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 13. 1962
Bananas
Bananas
In the Swiss Family Robinson the author describes bananas as a fruit tasting somewhat like rotten pears. The recent banana boat dispute certainly left a rotten taste in my mouth. Ostensibly what was at issue was the low wages paid Danish seamen. What was really at issue were the profits of the Union steam Ship Company. The island trade has always been largely the preserve of this company and Mr Walsh's actions appear to be more in the interests of the company than the members of his union.