NEW ZEALAND'S NAVY.
11.M.5. PHILOMEL By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Monday. Mr. Allen, Minister o£ Defence, today stated that there was every prospect of 11.J1.S Philomel being handed over to the New Zealand Government in a few months' time. Tin: Imperial authorities had to find mi commander, who would he naval adviser to the <jovernment, and also a qrew who would have to sign for probably three yean. The Minister also said lie had had a number of applications from young men willing to enter on a course of training for the British Navy, for which the Philomel is' to be utilised. There is accommodation for about sixty men, and Mr. Allen does not anticipate any difficulty in getting that number.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19140310.2.49
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
120NEW ZEALAND'S NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in