NAUTICAL MEN
TRAINING YACHTSMEN. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. "It is a waste of national effort when young men of sea sense and sea experience are drafted into the Army, where their nautical attainments could not be made use of" stated Mr. Endean (National Remuera) in the House of Representatives yesterday, when giving notice of a question to the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones. Mr. Endean's question was, whether the Government would bring down a scheme to enable a limited number of yachtsmen to undertake a course of naval training for three months, on attaining the age of 18 years, instead of undergoing service in the territorials?
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 180, 1 August 1941, Page 2
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