MOTOR-BOAT PATROL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3565, 27 September 1916, Page 7

MOTOR-BOAT PATROL.

COMMANDER ARMSTRONG'S

MISSION

(Per Press .ifisociationV

WELLINGTON, Sept. «i.

' 1 a.rn having a very lixir" response to my call lor officers and men for the Motor Boat Patrol," said Gmmiauder Armstrong, to ;i roportor to-day. "Applicivt'ions :\.ra (online iii day by day, a.nd I think i.ho pj-ospocts lf>.ok very y>romising. Oi' eourso, I have not h:wl timo to interview many people yet, and to Mnd out how far their qualifications o.rt' sufficJont, but i propose to start off soon to tli«- various centres, in order to interview applicants on thy spot. That i,s my {Mineral systorn. . . . T'ho Government, I lr.ay gay, is treating me most kindly, and Kiviug mo ev«ry fissistanco. Besides deal int.'; with applirfi lions, 1 am ammirin"; in i"»:-;a:'d to tho medical cxaiiiinatioi of applicants, means for their transport to tho Old Country, crtc. I !:iii>ik porhaps it would lielp me in my work if you wore. i.o lay stress on tho iVt-et iha'r, I am really roorniting two <:la r-*c« of HHMi. Firsf. I want tho anu'.tour yachtsnuui of goo'! (Hluca.tion and mrmy yen!'!;' oxperi<?)ir<' afion.t: ho v/iil )kv jrivnn a commission, and employed on deck in motoi" pa.trol vessels. Tho :--e(-ond class T want is tho profos-

sioiial mechanic, who must bo a, really skilled man. Ho is required for enginer<y»m duties, i'or which an amateur riwv elianic is not. .sufficiently experienced. For this second class, previous seagoing experience is not essential.