MERCANTILE MARINE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22209, 9 September 1935, Page 11

MERCANTILE MARINE

TRAINING SHIP URGED THE EXAMPLE OF JAPAN SUGGESTION BY THE MAYOR "It is high time that something was clone to secure a suitable vessel for training youths for the merchant service." said the Mayor, Mr. Ernest Davis, at the Tamaki Taclit Club'a prize distribution on Saturday night. Among the guests were Captain N. Hayaslii, commander of the Japanese Government mercantile training ship Shintoku Maru, and M. Sano, chief instructor on the ship. When introducing the visitors, Mr. Davis pointed out the advantage the Japanese merchant service had in being able to draw its future officers from the Shintoku Maru, which was an ideal training ship. The vessel carried 66 cadeiis, who, after completing their apprenticeship, were drafted as junior officers to various ships in the Japanese merchant service. There was no reason why New Zealand should not possess a training ship, continued the Mayor. Officers would always be requix-ed both for coastal and overseas vessels. At present the various yacht clubs were the only bodies that fostered the love of the sea, :ind in this direction they were doing splendid work. In most sea girt countries! facilities for training the mercantile marine service were part of the national life and it was imperative that New Zealand should not lag behind in this training of youth.