A WORLD'S CRUISE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 177, 26 July 1913, Page 19

A WORLD'S CRUISE.

g ZEALANXJ IN FIJI. I _oi.-ssii)Vs n!" \N OFI'IL'KR. H.M.s. N'cn Zealand. At Suva. Fiji. , r „ ;,, i -omewhat nieltinti Tin ail >i'-" nuifenn. As we tondlt '°"' hrecdav- to come here from o»i"> w ' ri ; r , of ciituate was a u -' cland ' 1 „,lc, "co.'J-i ."eel it growing little rapid, and o.i, , . g h rtnner evert hour. We had b-ai.tifu' weather alMhe way _-srarc'' v :l ' '.'■"■<'■ ' ' -> ' .' ' , ~ : ~;'-, its an-! men who teS 0 ™ f".; ii,.'-,:>;„,- ,ies.V. that Sa:i:rdasstered '■*> •■ •',.,.- -~ ~,,.r ,-„.. afetakm- ILin.riTotcjjc shores ' I ■'' '" -,-.., % t ho ia-t «c saw. burying it- head | i. j,,,,,! - •' irtiver. ll -'-tp "- tinon 1% toast of wives and sweth-arts crunk that night, a g-iod many ens «: e bur::in, in New Zealand. But enough. We passed inside the reef a little a ter o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. and -n tn<- pi' r - ' -- tot.* came i '.it i" :»"-'- !1 *- ■'"■' «'"" : n " r ! R ,, , r er.dc! with mil v.-s _ .'.lug. "pen- j mouthed, a; ■■'■" "-' "■"««"•■ In the cverinj tii- -h'-p s company g-'ve , a concert ::-horc. and amo,.rrsi <n ,-r , jBBB :h.-nis.-ve- ol the nrst {ruitQ nf their Maori education, to wtt. ~ I taka, which «as r iv.d with mih-h ap- j p!auf- ;- fji fffiln,'-!-!' afternoon tiiere was a football inal a.-.iinM a local team. We j stniggicil «i':, c n-iimaial,' skill and | „ a? - ; v. hir nere r, sjrettai.lv .icieatc.i. j t » for tin l 'i.,,-t part i'vir first visit i mt* ""'"I :'•". ashore s-b.«l the opportunity oi e\p;..nmr. and leturnen i bdcti «"itn v r.l Hid uncouth eurin.s. The "Fiji Times." by the way. devoted" a special iilustraici siipiilonn-.it :,, us. with photograpiis of the ship and Captain Jkrisev. In '!>" ev'tung the -a plain and al! officer- who cnu'd struggle nway from the fascinating lure- of duty -vent to a dance given at Oovernmenl House. It _;, I think, one of the most delirrlitful dances"'" have been to; not nnh ovi account of the personal i or should one < a y personelie!l. but m'so the material. Tli gardens were lieain il'ullv iduminated I in parts) with Chinese lantern.-. Moreover, the aspect '">■' so many pr-tty ttlrl- was singularly refreshing after three days at sea. Altogether our gallant warriors appeared to be enjoying themselves fortissimo. Oar visitors' list continues t., mount, up, and by the t'me we leave most, if not all. of the white population of Suva, besides a great many natives, will have made their in-peel i->n of the -hip. In fact, somebody a-liore to|,| tm- that people wen coming; from iong distances up country for the purpose. On Thur-ilav approximately twelve "randred people were on board, and 1 noticed that a great deal of admiration ■was best owe,! ~<, tl,,- silver cabinet pre seated in Auckland. So as in civ,- t'i- inhabitant- of the other island. 1..-vukii. a ■riiuip-c of ;!i>' ship, the captain has decided 1,, pni in three or four ; :-uir- there on Sil urda v, nrrivinc al day break and leaving again in the forenoon. This week, a- We are crossing the IROth meridian, we have two Satuniavs running. which will be rather a uni pie experience for most of us. As a good many people are aware, tht? health of wives and sweethearts is always drunk in the Navy on Saturday nights at sea. -<> he the time Sunday arrives the ladies over the seas should he in a doubly salubrious condition. On Thursday the chief event of the day was a civic luncheon -_ri\eu at the nrancipal chambers to the captain and some -fourteen officers, at which the r'overnor was also present. The room was cool and beautifully decorated with flags and the liindi itself would have uiaddened tie heart of the most epicurean srourmet. The toast of the Kinr: w,is .Inink. and then the Mayor, rising to propose the health of our noble selves, made : , -hort spee_. in whicli he commented on the prat vr.rk New Zealand had done for He Empire in presenting s,, magnitiecnl a ship, an.l also pxpresse.l appreciation of the fact tint the Admiralty had ! n able to in dude Fiji in our programme. and thus enable t'hem t , what a really modern Dreadnought was like. The toast was drunk with tremendous enthusiasm, and I aptain Ha'-i-v rose to reply. He would tint, he said, comment on ihe "ems „i t h e ]~., , hrPl , I|lont hs. hecau-p everyone present must mow what ' , wonderful welcome the ship had had in New »a----iMd: hut he could not refrain from pomtmc out the evidence of the loyalty of those parts of the Empire visited bv the Xew Zealand sine- leaving F,ri£rland. The oriarinal idea was tha: the ship should simply visit South Africa as a sort of halfway house to take in coal and stores sufficient to carry ber on to ™» Zealand, -lust hefore leaving Eng-la-nd however, a cable, was received from 'J" Cape Government, .askinir thai the ~>™ mish; he sent to Purban as well. «'! Cape Tjwn was substituted for cwinstoim. Ihe welcome there was .-urprisinjjlv " r ' r 'hal, and there were =„ manv enter."'•"Rent? m'ven J n „,„- honour t'hn one '"nllv had not -, sinre mnmcTlt. At -"Whan P : '"i" of orli.-er, and men were ,"7" H '; •■' " '-tr" ■•• I '■■ ••-! wlysnitth. Blnemfor-icin .lohannes-burp •; n d Pretoria. Cant HaU, ,- himself vis-''-Mthefirrttwo. n ..«|. .i,| ihit what loo! "■nick him most wa- tiiit no one was mor.■ enthnsiastie ;-, th-ir w.d-ome thai' ! " nmch. who. twelve V ":ir- arm werr "•;"" bitter enemies. Heals,, montione,! 'Mt on arrival at B'oemfontein the N'ew Zealand's part y was entertained at ™*kfV»t by ,he Defence 1" ,r, e. Thirty "ne ouieers were pre-ent. a'! wearin-. Jibe'" 7 " Un . if '" rm - '"' "' ho '" H'lrtcer j*J mentioned thi*~t-, -how 'what won **«1 Prnsrress ~,i bee- •,,-, 1- i„ Souf , Rca "1 the can i the I'.mpiru. tin '"tjtiskstic r.'.-e:,;i.., ttl< t h,- <„„,'. "*<•' reilWl ~ -,- ",. • Zealand Inn I?," ■" I ' i '•-"! -i..«.,' h-- appreciit;-: T r r ""! :„- ~." ,',., ~,;., ' ' ' ■'•';"*. and we '■■ l .r. ,li- -cl. am ..-; l\™"- «r • ■ th- Alben Park .• ._ "• (,rf " "'"- tibe a Halite mck ■Jai ,''V^ ;ho "' unfoi-.-.inirelv. sudden!; >n. an-i. f- o u?h f - -.v.--,-, .;■ ,i n ., j„ ,"" ol V,o:i,, ~,, „, t ~ r . .„. I '' 5.-=;. it err , -„" '• ' .'. . '„' r ," "-, - "nin <T, Ta < '" r '' monv - \ n ancjen: sentlf j: " ""ita the k-iv.-i pew! in front o aet *i'» r C T tiß ? '"''."" nPV ' r "--'- lh:> c ? !5 7 ./ ' n '- ''' "'is-!i .v."? shrouded i b»rt '■■ '' ll ' ""''•'""""bile other mem _"s; '' tr ' D ° sal in tbe backgrounc

They looked very quaint, arrayed in flowers and leaves, and protecting" themselves from the rain with conventional umbrellas. "Alien the brew was finished. 1 a noggin of it was handed to the Governor in a cocoanut shell cup. After he had quenched his thirst, the officers were each given a drink i:i turn. After this, there followed a -cries of dances of various descriptions. : ,„,1 the whole thing was molly exceedingly well arranged, lor there was no delay at all. As soon as one party bad tinished. the next was ready to perform. Some of the natives had. I believe, come down to Suva from a long distance up country to take part. -Someone told me that the Fijians are extremely hospitable to their own people, and that the visitors were probably overwhelmed with offers of a bed and breakfast. ~r whatever corresponded to these luxuries in this country. 'I here were some five or six dances allto!,|. and something like eight hundred natives must have isiken part, and altogether '•: was e, most interesting sight, Jmi well worth seeing. The weather i fortunately deare.! up ;.,iv.c,l, the end. jsn we ? ,,t dry asrain. That evening | there was a priv.i;,- dance driven at a house some two miles ou! of Suva, to which a good manv officers mannered to Co. so we are really havinrr a very o-ay ■sime. A searchlight display was also This afternoon tiie captain and officers j arc _ivina; i small "A; Home" tn the i *.-*=:,lonbs fit' Suva. That will cud about 'live o'clock, and then we shall get ready | for sea. and sail for Lcvuka later in tne j v,-n ing. The Admiralty hive now approved of the extension of our programme, and we shall :: ,\v ,t> from Honolulu to fjsquiImault. arrivinc there on 25th of this | month, and remaining till thc 2nd Au!i7:'t-:. Then we have a week :t; Vancouver. 1-,-i go o:i down hhe coast to "Mexico, I where we are ;,i visil three pons— I'MizaHan. Aeapulco. and , C*n;z. ] "Ills moditicalion nf protrr:>mrrie now i makes us due back at Plymouth on 20th I I November. j