DEPENDENCE ON SHIPS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 253, 24 September 1942, Page 5

DEPENDENCE ON SHIPS

(Rec. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 23. In a message conveying good wishes to a representative conference of ' emplovers and workers _ m the ship-building and ship-repairing industry held in London, Mr Churchill said the British nation was # proud of the work done by the industry to provide ships for a struggle at sea. We could not live without them, and we could not conquer. Although the shipping position had improved recently it was still grave. He called on them all to strive to the utmost, for only thus could wo compel victory. . . The conference unanimously carried a resolution pledging itself to do the utmost in its power to give greater output in all classes of work. —Umcial Wireless.

HEROES OF MALTA CONVOY. Vice-Admiral E. N. Sefret, who commanded the naval force escorting a recent convoy to Malta in the Mediterranean, has been knighted by the King and invested with the Order of the Bath. Captain Dudley Mason, master ot the Ohio which reached Malta with a valuable cargo of oil despite an almost continuous attack, has been decorated with the George Medal. At the same investiture Lieut.Commander R. Hichens, R.N.V.R., who frequently led light naval forces in attacks on enemy E-boats received the D.S.O. and bar.—Official Wireless.