STILL NO TRACE.
BODIES OF NAVAL MEN. MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD. So fur no trace has been found of the bodies of the three naval ratings who were . drowned on Thursday afternoon When a Hll || oy fl . ntn h.M.S. Leander capsized off Kiiruku Hay during the race for naval cutters. Meanwhile a d 0,,. search of all hwchM U ho Jnjr lim<le h li( , e and f" !"" ,H ot Walhobe UUn.l. Howlck and K.' Minima, 0„ Saturday „ boom, sail •n.l r«*tof wore washed „.!„„•, near Zl Xm," 1 " 8 " { r m the n . n '.., I" * "» ,,n ''* can was washed » '» the beaen at Surfdale late on 11 iv nrternoon. The Naval Court of Inquiry, after nvw int'nsr the elrromstanees of the •-(■' dent, concluded H« sitting on H M A f ran,l-r on Saturday. The Court's finding "'ill be forwarded to Rear-Admir.il the Hon h. I . Drnmmond. eommodoro enmtnnndlnsf the New Zealand Division
At 10..10 tbh morning the Leander sailed for Nnptor. It was announced prior to the cruiser'* dopartnra th.it when tin- whip was In the Haurakl Oulf a memorial Kwivifio would he conducted by the squadron chaplain, the Rev. C. B Kill's of the Leandtv
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 235, 4 October 1937, Page 8
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193STILL NO TRACE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 235, 4 October 1937, Page 8
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