AUSTRALIAN NAVY
• "r~ — ACTIVITIES SINCE OUTBREAK OF WAR MANY MERCHANT VESSELS TAKEN OVER. ALL RESERVE SHIPS NOW IN COMMISSION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) MELBOURNE. This Day. In a review of the naval activities of Australia since the outbreak of war, the Minister of Defence (Mr G. A. Street) said the Royal Australian Navy has taken over more than thirty merchant vessels, which were being used as armed merchant cruisers and minesweepers. Many merchant ships had also been fitted with guns. All warships that were on the reserve before the war were now in eommis- | sion. i Mr Street announced that certificates would be issued to men who tried to enlist in the Defence Forces, but who are required in industry rather than in the front line.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1939, Page 8
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130AUSTRALIAN NAVY Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1939, Page 8
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