TROUBLE ON H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR.
V JffiLEQATIONS OF HARSH CONDITIONS "£&>"•' ~,~~»~• (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, May 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Geoffrey H. Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, when replying to further questions concerning tne troubles on the H.M.S. Endeavour, said that 32 of the ship's complement of 134 -were punished by warrant. It is anticipated, he said, that the present ship's company will leave for New Zealand in September. The circumstances justified a most urgent inquiry and' the Commodore had been asked to investigate the allegations of harsh -conditions in the service.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 May 1939, Page 5
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