In the air, thepursermay tell us that there is no smoking on board, but we will be offered inflight entertainment.
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Suppose the shipowners say they want apurser, an engineer and a cook.
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Surely the administration of one traditional tot of the "purser's bubbly" is not likely to plunge the sailors into the ravages of alcoholism.
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Fuel for the pursers is now costing over £800 a week.
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Broadly speaking, apurserneeds to be making a minimum of £7,000 a week to pay its bare obligations.
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When they got on board, their conduct continued in such a way that thepurserfound it necessary to have them removed below.
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The former number does not include commissions granted to the pursers in vessels taken up as fleet auxiliaries, etc.
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Those are the ships which do not carry pursers or other officers able to carry out pursers' functions, and where the master himself has to do all this work.
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By this time he has one foot on a bar of "purser's soap" and the other one on the retired list, as he is retired at 50.
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The answer to the first part of the question is 178, of whom 53 were serving as pursers or assistant pursers in ships taken over from the mercantile marine.
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After being dissatisfied with the accommodations, his request to apurserto be transferred to a first-class cabin was granted.
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Thepurser-corpsman was trained in anatomy, physiology, pharmacy, clinical laboratory, hygiene and sanitation, emergency treatment, first aid, and nursing.
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Thepurser, a passenger, and a flight attendant (a guest from another airline) managed to push the door fully open.
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Ground time was reduced by keeping one engine running while a malepurserquickly escorted passengers to and from the plane.
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A flightpursercompletes detailed reports and verifies all safety procedures are followed.
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