STORM-BOUND SAILORS
3000 MEN SLEEP ON LAND.
V.M.C.A. HAS BUSY TIME.
States fleet now vi-tmg Auckland, but, like true tars, they wire miLlrt; d °™- h and mad, £ W 'of I T^ and the shed on the Prince's wharf were throngTd w.th sa.lors and marines, and how they all found soace to l^ would have fared very much worse if the YM C A ar in concert with the Government, had not a greatt'pplyof blankets and made the men as comfortable as possible. There was a gay scene last night, when the City Council's •It »n honour of Admiral Robison and officers was held in the 1 own Hall.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 August 1925, Page 9
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