NETHERLANDS INDIES
SOME ADDITIONAL SHIPS AVAILABLE. FOR WAR DUTY IF NECESSARY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 12.35 p.m.) BATAVIA. April 13. The Netherlands East Indies Government is watching Allied shipping losses with a view, if necessary, to diverting a further portion of its large mercantile fleet for the carriage of supplies to Britain. A considerable portion of the K.P.M. Fleet is sailing under Admiralty orders. The rest is controlled by the Netherlands East Indios naval commander. Some of the ships however, are still being used in nonwar service, and if necessary will bo assigned to war duties.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1941, Page 6
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98NETHERLANDS INDIES Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1941, Page 6
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