THE AMERICAN FLEET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 5

THE AMERICAN FLEET.

,! ' v"; ADDITKySTAIi FEATURES. ' [ (Continued from Page 2.) • I r>lr A; Reieheli the Government: electri- , j aaa, having submitted his proposals to •:. the Government ■ Gcmmissioners (Messrs i- Bonne and Hamer) left"veaterday'-affdr-' s j noon for Wellington to krraiHre for for- : warding the' illuminraion material to i Auckland. -Tliis is,expected'.; to arrive : I next; week. .:..-'-■- ._■ - . ~ j The Coninussioners have in hand about 3700 flags. -Some 300 6J-;. these will c;l> 2 used at a lajge quantitv/'ia the decoration of the Government buildjings in Auckland. Any surplus will be j placed at the disposal of. the Executive j Committee. >' -i-.i -,-• . ■ , ..,■,,,.%:.. ..'; ;-! j Mr Donne--leaves for Wellington tomorrow, Mr Haxner. remaining in Auck-! land.,,, • ■ ■>■■. •■;■■- if:- ■; • ■ .■• M - The Executive Goiiiiuittae has in hand! some 7000 ilags and about 3000 yards of! ,1 bunting. :-■ „/, .--, '■ .. ■. ~-„.,,....1 j The Executive Coaunittee held another'! I meeting this.morning, >when the detail* of I j t] ie r programme were further conaidered.'l j . MILITAP.Y REVIEW. ,- : : ! j 'j -The" Governmciifc, - Commissionere | ..(Messrs T. E. Donne and T. H. Hamer) I ;j bad a lengthy ; iateryie\v tliis morninfj jaith Colonel Wolfe, 0.C.D., details being j arranged with regard to landing -of \ the j j troops on the day. qi the reception, the! i military review, and the transport of troops in the Auckland district to the city.' , .'WELCOME BANNERS. / (i Donne and Hamer , have received applications, "from trie Mayors of the fcl-< Rowing boroughs for the manufacture by the Government of -welcome batniiers:—-I Winton, Dargaville, Ko-s, Queenstbwn, Cromwell, Wairoa (H.B.),Tauranga andJ Grey town. ■ "' ■" .-. -I These banners will now be made by the Government; the cost being defrayed by I tlie' local bodies. . • "■ ,1 PRESENTATION TO AD>HRAL { SPERR.Y.. •■-.-•':-■. -.'■ ■ . ■■■ We are informed by -Mr ponne, thai, in:j addition to the. prceeotations to. Presir dent Roosevelt and to the officers of the/ fleet, the Government will present"Admiral Sperry with a souvenir, in the forni of a handsome greenstone c&ske'tj-ihoun-ted and.decorated in gold and silver. The casket will jßcasure 9. inches, by .5 by oj will .be ornamented with various da vices', i, including ferns and 'jVew Zealand ' birds-' in' gold and silver, and will bear a gold plate with tlie inscriptich. The work ii in the hand's cfiii- A.lvolm, jeweller, of Auckland. : j \'[ ".' ' :. - ■.;■; THE iiACX :.:;_ The sub-committee appoiiiteil to ' draAv i . up a programme for the race meeting to be held at EJlerfeiie during- fleet weefc> / met last-evening; The results -of tha meeting will be submitted to a meeting of the General Eadng Committee thi| evening. • - • ■ - :-- r.