New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 36

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✨ Naval Regulations Continuation



MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1139

Modifications and Additions, &c.—continued.

No. Rating. Heading (Col. 4 of K.R., App. XVII, Part I). Substitute or add to Instructions which appear in King’s Regulations, Appendix XVII, Part I.
98 Painter, 5th Class—ctd. (B) Substitute “Between nineteen and twenty-five years. Candidates must be able-bodied men and must produce good credentials of character, industry, sobriety, and ability and evidence of at least five years’ practical experience as a painter.”
(D) Substitute “Officers of the Naval Base, Devonport, assisted by a Commissioned or Warrant Shipwright.”
(F) Substitute “Successful candidates are to be drafted to sea-going ships on completion of disciplinary training. If a Painter, 5th Class, is not considered worthy of advancement on attaining one year’s seniority, the circumstances are to be submitted with a full report to the Naval Board for instructions.”
107 Sick-berth Chief Petty Officer Substitute “Two Medical Officers, one to be a Surgeon Commander and the other not below the rank of Surgeon Lieut.-Commander, belonging to ships other than that in which the candidate is serving, and a qualified Pharmacist. This examination will be considered as final.”
108 Sick-berth Petty Officer (D) Substitute “Captain of Training Establishment.”
109 Leading Sick-berth Attendant Substitute “Forty-five weeks’ training at a Training Establishment. Thirty-five weeks’ training if showing exceptional ability and qualified. (See No. 111 (F).)”
110 Sick-berth Attendant (A) Substitute “To be examined on completion of training. (See S. 1237.)”
(B) Substitute “The Medical Officer borne for instruction of sick-berth staff at the Training Establishment and one other Medical Officer.”
111 Sick-berth Attendant (A) Substitute “Captain of Training Establishment.”
(B) Substitute “Eighteen to twenty-two years.”
(D) Substitute “Officers of Training Establishment.”
(F) Substitute “Accepted candidates undergo disciplinary course and then commence forty-five weeks’ training at a Training Establishment, on probation. They are advanced to Sick-berth Attendant from the date of completion of twelve months’ service, provided they have passed the prescribed examination of completion of training. Ratings who obtain 80 per cent. or more marks in this examination will have the date of advancement accelerated by three months. A Sick-berth Attendant Probationer who fails to pass the examination at the conclusion of forty-five weeks’ training, or whose conduct at any time while under training is unsatisfactory, is to be reported to the Naval Board in order that the question of his retention in the Service may be considered.”
113 Petty Officer Writer (C) Substitute “Held third Monday in May and November. Names of candidates to reach Navy Office not later than three months before examination is due to be held. The papers will be prepared and marked by a Board of Examiners detailed by the Commodore Commanding New Zealand Station, but the papers set for the same examination in the Royal Navy will be used as far as possible, any necessary alterations being made to suit local conditions. All papers will be sent out finally from Navy Office:—

“ (1) Ledger, ships’ office work, pay accounts, and relevant orders and instructions—300 marks;
“ (2) Captain’s Secretary’s work, Admiralty Instructions—150 marks;
“ (3) Arithmetic—100 marks;
“ (4) Typewriting—50 marks;
“ Optional shorthand: Reproduction in shorthand and transcription into longhand, the use of typewriter being optional, of two passages, of about four minutes’ duration each, dictated one at a speed of 60 and the other at 70 words a minute—50 marks.
“ In subjects (1) and (2) the memorization of rates of pay and allowances and of similar figures is unnecessary. 360 marks and not less than 50 per cent. in any one obligatory subject required to pass.” |
| | | (D) | Substitute “The Board of Examiners should consist of two Accountant Officers, one of whom to be a Paymaster Commander and the other not below rank of Paymaster Lieutenant, and a Schoolmaster (for arithmetic paper).” |
| 115 | Writer | (A) | Substitute “Captain of Training Establishment.” |

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