MOTOR BOAT PATROL
. o •"' COMMANDER ARMSTRONG' IN WELLINGTON. Commander E. P. Armstrong, who is seeking recruits in the Overseas Dominions for tho motor boat patrol serivice, at tho instance of the British Admiralty, is at present a visitor to Wellington. He has recently, toured Canada- and British Columbia witji entirely satisfactory results; indeed, Canadian . papers assert that this important arm. of the service will includo men equal in . resource and daring to England's 1 best naval men, and that in their hands the German submarino. peril will ho more perilous to Germany than to her enemies. Commander Armstrong, . who is staying at Miss Malcolm's, on the Terrace, declined to bo interviewed until he had interviewed the Minis- '. tcr of Defence, and had planned the reoruiting campaign as'far as New Zealand is concerned. It is not surprisi ing to loam that there, are many yachtsmon and motor-boat men, who are keen to enter the newest arm of Britain's foroes on the sea, and . Com- ' mander Armstrong should have a very busy time during tTo next week or iwo. j
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2882, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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178MOTOR BOAT PATROL Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2882, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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