NOVEL TROPHY.
WON BY WARSHIP'S CREW,
PRESENTATION AT SUVA,
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
SUVA, August 27,
A pleasing ceremony was carried out this morning when Mr. W. E. Hancock, commodore of the Suva Yacht Club, accompanied by Messrs. L. Hawkesley, secretary, and H. Williams, treasurer, went aboard H.M.S. Leith to present a trophy won by Leading-Seaman Tibbenham's crew in an open race held by the club recently. The trophy is a liighly-polislied turtle shell, suitably .inscribed. Mr. Hancock congratulated the winners on their success. Lieutenant N. Scott-Elliott, 011 behalf of the captain, officers and men, thanked Mr. Hancock and the Yacht Club.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 1 September 1936, Page 17
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102NOVEL TROPHY. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 1 September 1936, Page 17
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