RECRUITING FOR NAVY

Press, Volume C, Issue 29502, 2 May 1961, Page 8

RECRUITING FOR NAVY

10 Candidates Accepted . After two weeks of recruiting throughout Canterbury and the West Coast, the Royal New Zeeland Navy has provisionally accepted 10 candidates for service from those who offered themselves for Selection. ■ Taking part in the drive Were the staff officer of naval recruiting and reserves at Wellington (Lieutenant-Com-mander J. Grant), the naval recruiter (Chief Communications Yeoman A. E. F. Gilmour) and his successor (Chief Communications Yeoman R. Lassetter). The recruiting team has visited nearly every school of the two provinces—“not just tor recruiting purposes,” said Yeoman Gilmour, “just a case of showing the flag. We’ve only spoken about recruiting matters when specifically asked to do so by headmasters."

The actual recruiting was done in Christchurch, Ashburton. Timaru. Greymouth and Westport. Yeoman Gilmour declined to give the numbers of those presenting themselves, but said it was about the same as in previous years. Staying at School

Of those provisionally accepted by the Navy not all would actually enter the service in May. Some would be staying on at school to sit School Certificate and would then enter in January, 1982, he said. Yeoman Gilmour said the S eneral standard of the canidales was higher than it had been in previous tours. Yeoman Gilmour officially ended his term of office as naval recruiter yesterday. He will leave shortly for Auckland to rejoin his trade at the R.N.Z.N. port communications centre.

Since he was posted to Christchurch as the recruiter last June, about 25 men have been through his office and provisionally accepted by the Navy.