AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Recruiting for the Australia® Navy is proceeding so expeditiously (states tihe &ydmey Telegraph of 17tk inst.) that the Navy Office is endeavouring to arrange for large extensions of the Williamstown Naval Depot. It' is; desired to add temporary barracks dbr lQO.ijmesi. Daiiing meai signed on for live to seveu. years, most of tkn' coining from ' Wona and Tasmania. Large numbers ot applications. have been received this imoath, and the Naval Board is accepting all ill at c«n be properly accommod'ated. The Wiliiamistown d e ~ ryot- nresents a lively appearance, for, m addition to the recruiting, there is the work of the School of Wireless Telegraphy, which is training operators for tlie fleet unit. The suggested lari'aiigements for the men to be trained on the Challenger could not b e made.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10540, 24 January 1912, Page 5
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132AUSTRALIAN NAVY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10540, 24 January 1912, Page 5
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