NEW ZEALAND’S NAVY.
MEN WANTED TO TRAIN.
[Per Press Association.] Wellington, March S
The Hon. J. Allen (Minister of Defence) to-day stated that there was every prospect of H.M.S. Philomel being handed over to the New Zealand Government in a few months’ time. The Imperial authorities have to find a commander, who will he naval adviser to the Government, and also a crew, who will have to sign for probably three years. The Minister also said that he had had a number of applications from young men willing to enter for a course of training for the British Navy, for which the Philomel is to he utilised. There is accommodation for about GO men, and Mr Allen does not anticipate any difficulty in getting that number.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1914, Page 6
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126NEW ZEALAND’S NAVY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1914, Page 6
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