QUICKER TURN-ROUND
SHIPS IN BRITAIN
NAVAL RESERVE CORPS
FORMED
LONDON, May, 8,
The formation of a Naval Reserve Corps, has been announced in London.
To speed up the turning round of shipping in British poi-ts, officers' and seamen who have left the Royal /Merchant Navy since .the beginning of 1936 will be allocated to ships .which need them most, and in return will be ensured continuity of /employment, longer leave with pay, ,and payment while awaiting appointment to ships. .■
: The. scheme was announced by the Minister of Shipping, ; who said there had been cases of delay because work-, ers were not immediately available.' These delays must be cut: out, to win the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 108, 9 May 1941, Page 8
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116QUICKER TURN-ROUND Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 108, 9 May 1941, Page 8
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