MERCHANT MARINE
TRAINING SHIP WANTED
The fact that no avenue existed at present in New Zealand for the'adequate training of boys who wanted to go to sea was referred to at the annual dinner of the New Zealand Company of Master Mariners on Saturday evening, one speaker suggesting that Captain Scott's ship Discovery should be acquired as a training ship.
In proposing the toast of "The Merchant Service," the .Hon. C. E. Macmillan, Minister of Agriculture,' said the Government was fully alive to the need for protecting the interests of the Merchant Marine.
British shipping was working on its earnings, said the Minister, and he felt that it would ultimately carry the day against the competition of heavilysubsidised foreign lines.
Captain F. A. Macindoe. (secretary of -the Merchant Service Guild) said there were hundreds of boys wanting to get to sea, but there was no opportunity for them. a ■ Captain S. Holm said it was time the Dominion faced up to her responsibilities in the Pacific, particularly in regard to the outlying islands.
Mr. A. Leigh Hunt spoke of the proposal that the Discovery should be obtained as a training ship for boys. Such a ship, he said, would be an inspiration, and could be used, if the need arose, as a relief ship for expeditions.
MERCHANT MARINE
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 91, 14 October 1935, Page 3
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