JAPANESE SQUADRON.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 174, 25 July 1928, Page 7

JAPANESE SQUADRON.

TWO SHIPS AT WELLINGTON.

MAKE PORT IN A FOG. PRINCE AS SUB LIEUTENANT. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.**) WELLINGTON, this day. Thick fog over the harbour obscured the arrival of two vessels of the Japanese training squadron, and it was not xinti 1 the thunder of a Royal salute crashed out from the s-hips and from the battery at Point- Jerningham, that people knew they were in the port. By 9 o'clock both were berthed at Pipit«a wharf. Apart from natural interest in the vi=it of representatives of a foreign navy, sjvecial interest is taken in this squadron as H.I.H. Prince Takamatsu, a. brother of the Emperor of Japan, is sub-lien-tenant on board the Yakuma. He was actively engaged in assisting with the berthing of the ship this morning, directing operations on the quarter-deck. Both at sea and ashore his time is fully occupied with a long round of official duties, as well as work as an officer of the ship. Several of the officers speak very good English, and they showed eagerness to learn about the land they are visiting, asking many questions. Among those at the wharf was the Consul-General for Japan in Australia and New Zealand, Mr. lyemasa Tokugawa. As soon as the Idzumo berthed he went aboard, after which official calls began.