THE AMOKURA.
.WHAT:;HAS BBEN ; :AfICpiIPLISHEp.'; : L'••'The', number '.of. boys-;who have 1 lie«n'v : . : , :■?"» traiue/t..ia .-the.'Government; training-ship :'"#:■%, Amokura is, according;to;a return (asked- ■V^:ffor:'by; Mr. ■ AhdeKoivi■':lbid." on. the :table' '■ ".'■''.; ; :s of the.Hbuso on AVe(ln'<sday, 135rofwli6in\: ---i i'iifty-sis are at;present;on .board. ;''Four.'.:-' ; .' .mbre' : :;are-'-joining' thprehip. to;-make, up-; ; -^ : # the .complement '.of•'.'sixty;. .. The^huniber'i ■::';•>; of: boys who liiivo; obtained positions 1 --; in, : ■ £; : ■? trading boats,, with the.iobject of; follow-.;'. , :, ■■•-■; ing seamanship as a.proKasion, : was fifty'- 1, ■',■;-';. , six, arid seven, have: joined : the .navy .-■:- ' ; ; A total '-of..sixteen boys:"" left*' the .sea on • '■• completion of their period of: training. ,■•■'; : -i\. on. the. Amokura.:: Of .these, - , eight ; com- !.;. v h\:'t' pleted their .full.:eour.se, 'one joined tht-i ,■,;;■-■'.- Union. Compnny'a .shori) :»liilf/: six- \air\\. { ally completed their. Course; iand :-werev ; '"■ :.O-f-s. , discharged fur various "-reasons,".-, and ■ one" ■!:■:■''.' : ':?::•: deserted. '. The average cost.to; the Stale/. ; '-3 including repairs,;jeiv; w:r-3 ; steamer was .commissidned,r-:6f:traiiiiuK : .-■:. : -'£&. the boys while on the : vessemvas:—lSo7-8•'•' ! Si' : i9r 17s. lid.; 1908-9, XU7::i2s. od.;-H)O9-10;'s"'-*v v£ll3 Ws. 9d.; or an average 6d. . 'J'his laltnr.iivVcTniationis compiled '■-' , ' : V' V -'! from - the 'rptnriis; : .for>;tliree: financial yeais the-γ^epihas■';been;inV-''■'U l•'' ■ oomniission. : ;> ;. ■; /.v : 4'~;. «?k"
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 9
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174THE AMOKURA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 9
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