NAVAL TRAINING
COMMENT ON AUSTRALIAN OFFER By Teleg aph—Press Association WELLINGTON, May 16. “The present arrangements for the officering of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy are considered very satisfactory from a New Zealand point of view,” said the Minister of Defence, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe. in commenting upon the scheme put forward by the Australian Government for training New Zealanders as officers for the Navy at the Royal Australian Naval College. “The only change in contemplation,” said Mr Cobbe, “is the affording of opportunities for New Zealand ratings to attain commissioned rank under conditions similar to those already approved for ratings in the Royal Navy.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19801, 17 May 1934, Page 8
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109NAVAL TRAINING Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19801, 17 May 1934, Page 8
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