NEW ZEALAND NAVY.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12704, 8 November 1935, Page 4

NE W ZE ALAND NAVY.

1, ARCED CRUISE US IN 18 MONTHS DOMINION RATINGS TO BE INCREASED (Press Association l, I WELLINGTON.. Nov. 7. The -arrival during, the next .18 months of the. tio.w cruisers Leander und Achilles t-o take the place ,ul tho Dunedin and the Diomede has piado it necessary... to- reconsider -the question ;of recruiting New-Zealand-ers, u-ndi to . make .provision .for.; future prospects in -regard to the - advancement and •promotion generally. . It .is .stated .that--.the personal, requirements of the new .-ships awill he about 257 greater.- A. committee was lately appointed to .examine the por sit-ion .and , make recommendations to the .Government. It is understood to he ttici .Government's wishito draw up a,.recruiting, scheme ~• which .will have the effect.- in due -course of increasing the,,number,,of New Zealand -ratings in the, division from, the present 50 per cent, to near the 109 per Cent, l-narky’and provide a steady and even flow oil promotion. - .;. . . -

• The Hon. - <T. G‘. iOohhe, Minister- fur Dcdenoc, ; >siatl* to-day that the recommendations of the committee would have to he considered by Cabinet. ’Until tlion he could give.no .particulars of. the plan .beyond 'the- -fact 'that there ,would, ho vacancies for a number ■of additional mcnw “