UNION COMPANY'S TRAINING SHIP.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14513, 20 December 1912, Page 8

UNION COMPANY'S TRAINING SHIP.

INSTRUCTION ON THE APARIMA. ' Tt wpr reeeit'y announced that the Union Steam Ship Company had decided to abolkh the Dartford as a training ship She h*» now been dismantled, and is bems; fitted np for use as a coal hulk in Wellington, la p.tvoe of the Dartford ihe Company htw decided to use their largo eteam or Apanma, to ' which the Cadets will be traneierred. Special accommodation will be provided for them in .. her, and the boys will receive full instruc-, tion in seamanship, navigation, etc, white a special feature wilt bo made of phreical drill, tau tuition will bo given in al! mattett' neceeeary to enable them to pass (heir I3o»rd .of Trade cxaminationo, all of whirh will ba under the eunervision of a competent in* etructor. At the same time, opportunity vn\\ ' be afforded tho Cadeta to acqutro an intijlil into tho rudiments of eteam propulsion, and they will also be instructed regarding tbs working of steam steerin? Rear, wind'&tem,. winches, etc It is claimed that Uw" Aparima will he an ideal ve«pcl for carryiaf, out the alteration in tho scheme, as not on!y. is she sufficiently large to provide tho epact' for the special accommodation and training of the bovß, but «he is engaged in overew ' trades. It is expected ehe will leave New Zealand in January for an Australian port, , j where ehe will load for tho United Kingdoms or the Continent. iI The extra exnonee involved will neccritali a revision the scalo of premiuma paid for Cadets. On other training ships (be premium varies, it is understood, from £200 Uβ*' wardft, but tn the caao of the Aparima it it proposed to fix the amount at £100. spread* over three years—£so first year, £40 second, . and £30 third. As ajsrainut tho increaae in '" the premium the Company will provide % portion of the kit of the Cadets, wh;ch pro- < viously was supplied by tho lads (hemttlTtc, ,>