OUR NAVY.
THE PHILOMEL IS OURS! By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. To-day the cruiser Philomel was taken over by the New Zealand U< verument to be used as u training ship. There was no ceremony in connection with the event, interesting as it was, This morning Commander Ballard came, aslioie, and Captain Hall-Thompson (Naval Adviser to the Government) proceeded on board and hoisted his pennant, and then formally reported himself to the Minister of Defence. Proa 1 to-day the Philomel will b<; maimed '.villi British naval officers (who will receive Navy rates of pay) and a training (or skeleton) crew of Imperial Navy men. These men will be paid the colonial rates of pay, and their duty will consist of training New Zealand recruits (or the Navy.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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128OUR NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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