MOTOR CRAFT AVAILABLE

Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 21

MOTOR CRAFT AVAILABLE

OFFERS TO NAVAL ARM [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 22. Many offers have been made by people throughout the Dominion to place motor boats and other craft of various kinds at the disposal of the naval authorities, and in many cases the owners have placed their personal services at the disposal of the authorities. Lists are already in existence of craft suitable for naval purposes, according to a statement issued by the naval authorities to-night, and if and when any of them are required the owners will be approached in the usual way. The naval authorities also wish to thank many persons who have written to inform them of devices and inventions in connection with naval warfare. In particular, says the statement, many suggestions for the safety of submarines and their crews have been received, especially since the Thetis disaster. Under war conditions, however, and the consequent pressure of work, it may no longer he possible to scud individual replies unless it is desired to obtain further information regarding any particular suggestion, and inventors and designers are asked to understand that the absence of a reply indicates that their device is already embodied in existing ships or weapons, lias already been received from another source, or is incapable of adoption.