A GREAT HELP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 7

A GREAT HELP.

C.S.A. DESTROYERS.

Second Batch Arrives; All Ftfy Equipped. raw l*IW» Afmoclation.—lCnrjTitbt. {Read. 10.30 a.m.) LOVDOX, Oct. 1L Another group of American de* istroyen recently arrived at a Britifcli part. The captain of one dtp «aid be had a good trip. There were no and dear* and no German plane* wera sighted. A naval officer %bo aaw the batch of American destroyer* ddivciiod to the IliitMi Xivj at an cantem Canadian poii, and trawlled lurk to England in <«<c of them, dc«mbnd it a* an unforgettable ekpwieiK*, #ay# a Britiah Official WiideM nu'iwage. He remarked tint the co-operatic* and MfMana of the American friend* ««« wonderful "Hi *Wp* *er* niM to Canada by their American ct*»V be Maid. -'The American pan*, taqalaßa, depth charge*, anti-futnuaa'iae ouinjmxail, «ngiac* and b»Qc»* differ ♦Jipitiy from wira, aw a day *"*» ♦.jmrit *wlli Che Amririoan oft<«r« and mm e* plaining detail* to their Britinb oppoMta numhera. "The deatJ-ojw*, which hare be«a infitted throttphmir, arr «r,ru|nilmi»>]r clean and in anple pk order. Full outttta of amanajtlcm and other »a.r3ikr equipment ««i* Jcfl on iiciarA, l-nprthnr with «t®r*» of all kind*. E*«)yt)iitip «aa left —cnfw_ paint, wieaa trapa, fihina, Oinca, >.bael», hlaa'kctm and jrillowa. "In«tmjii<n)t* ««» alwn prmidnd— ♦textant, tbroncmieler, »atdi, bighpoaetnd InnocalarK, few (be m «»f <>1H- «*« and look-outa. pa«iallcl ruler* for natigational puifKwcft, Ij-penTitera, paper and eatdopea, patent pencil ptndk, everytbing and anything <me «an itnaginr, even to an Electric coffee machine in the wardroom and a rcfrigwator and ioc-water faunct on the dock." Tbe naval <«ffincr added: "Admittodlv, a* go. they am old nhip*. }>ut *° end *0 Br3t.i«h dcatroj-cr* of equal age have done yeoman ewvioe «n«• tbe war etarted. iJoKteoyer* have burtm a heavy harden »4nnc the outtn<c«k of bwtiliti«'n. ®<" | oea, 312 to dat* 1 , haw mil wen «%ht. Coming a« at dww at a oritioal time-. tM« eeinforoement from Amci jna of 5(» fert, «•<-]] armod vookplk he a mciM. welcome acoMmiow to our alroady hard workod flotallaa, for which *<■ arc duly sjaS^fML"'