N.Z. NAVAL DIVISION
TOO FEW BOYS OFFERING
The Naval Secretary states that some difficulty has been experienced of lat e in obtaining the required number of boys between the ages of 15J and 16$, though recruiting for ratings entered at a later age. (over eighteen) are entirely satisfactory. It is not easy to appreciate why the shortage in the younger class exists and the question will be - further examined as soon as it is possible to gauge the effect of recent modifications in recruiting arrangements. Boys are usually entered halfyearly, and candidates for the engine room branch once a year, the total annual requirements being about forty-five ratings, including candidates recruited from time to time for miscellaneous and smaller branches. The standard_ of education on entry corresponds with that required for the sixth standard-' proficiency certificate.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1934, Page 16
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136N.Z. NAVAL DIVISION Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1934, Page 16
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