MERCANTILE MARINE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2919, 3 November 1916, Page 8

MERCANTILE MARINE

UULES AS TO OFFICERS' NATION--V ' : .. 'ALITY.

1 - ■ • Rules prescribing war precautions rejarding the nationality of candidates I . for certificates as deck or engine-room ' \ officers in tho mercantile marine aro gazetted as follow: — 1. During the existence of the present war no person.may be examined 1 ' for a certificate of, competency as mas- ' ter, extra master, master (home trade),' ; •. : or enginee'r unless | • (a) He is a British subject; and (b) At the .time of his birth each-of his parents was a British subject by '/.birth, or by.naturalisation in New Zealand. : ' , ■/' • 2. In order to prove tliat he complies • with .these conditions every candidate f- .!■' for any of'the certificates'named must . "" 'produce to the examiner of masters, ' mate's, or engineers bis own birth cer- ' ■ tificate and tho bfrthcertigcat© or cerj - tificate of naturalisation of each of his .parents/ These, documents must 'be :. Indeed wth' the , examiner at least one i . ' week before the day on which the enn- | ' ,'dida.te wishes' to .present-himself for examination. ' . ■' i 3. If in any case there is any doubt i-.':.,wheth'er a candidate complies with the . conditibhs' set'out* in the above rules, | , ; the 5 matter must he referred by the i '""examiner to' the Marine Department.