COLONIAL NAVAL RESERVE.
[by telegraph.] VVKLLiNHTqN, Wednesday. Tho report's of 'the y'arious Customs officers who wero directed to ascertain how many seamen were willing to join the proposed colonial naval reserve is that nearly all the uion approached declined'to'jojh imjess a gjiapmtee wqs gjyen' that, during their six memths' training on board a 'man-of-war, thoy would be paid as much as thoy would receivo if they wero employed in the mercantile marine. There is reason to believe if the Admiralty will offer fairly reasonable wages no dilliculty will be found in obtaining the services of the majority of tho seamen trading about New Zealand ports. 1 1
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11120, 12 January 1899, Page 3
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107COLONIAL NAVAL RESERVE. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11120, 12 January 1899, Page 3
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