LOOKING ALONG THE DECK* OF THE TOURVILLE.—The French cruiser now at Auckland is the first of the 10,000-ton class of cruiser, built under the terms of the Washington Treaty, to visit these shores. The arrangement of her battery of guns is well illustrated here. There is another super-imposed turret at the after end of the cruiser housing four similar guns, Bin. On both decks are mounted the "Archies," anti-aircraft weapons.
BLOT ON THE WATERFRONT.—WhiIe the Town Planning Association is endeavouring to have a strip of the old dock site reserved so as to beautify the entrance to the city, the Auckland Harbour Board has sanctioned the leasing of the ground as a parking area, and the erection of this unsightly corrugated iron shed to serve as a petrol station. Opposite it fir- Board's War Memorial.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 181, 2 August 1929, Page 8
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135LOOKING ALONG THE DECK* OF THE TOURVILLE.—The French cruiser now at Auckland is the first of the 10,000-ton class of cruiser, built under the terms of the Washington Treaty, to visit these shores. The arrangement of her battery of guns is well illustrated here. There is another super-imposed turret at the after end of the cruiser housing four similar guns, Bin. On both decks are mounted the "Archies," anti-aircraft weapons. BLOT ON THE WATERFRONT.—WhiIe the Town Planning Association is endeavouring to have a strip of the old dock site reserved so as to beautify the entrance to the city, the Auckland Harbour Board has sanctioned the leasing of the ground as a parking area, and the erection of this unsightly corrugated iron shed to serve as a petrol station. Opposite it fir- Board's War Memorial. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 181, 2 August 1929, Page 8
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