THE FAREWELL.
UNPLEASANT WEATHER
The farewell was as hearty as the welcome. The flags and bunting wore resplendent to the last, but a fluttering gale made the flags stretch out from their halyards, with a flapping sound. The harbour was fresh, with a somewhat dour sky and a gathering gale, but the stately warships of the fleet were slow to trip their anchors, and form the lines of escort to the Royal yacht, which flew the white St. George's Cross an-d the Trinity House flog at the fore. As the Ophir rounded the Heads, the "white crane," in the gloom of the winter's sky, we who had watched her farewell realised that we of this generation may not look upon such a scene again.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 147, 22 June 1901, Page 3
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124THE FAREWELL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 147, 22 June 1901, Page 3
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