PACIFIC CRUISE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 69, 22 March 1941, Page 9

PACIFIC CRUISE.

AMERICAN WARSHIPS.

Lavish Hospitality Shown In Sydney. (Reed. 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The squadron of American warships at present visiting Sydney will probably sail to-morrow. The crews are enjoying the freedom of the city. They made trips to the Blue Mountains, the beaches and the Zoological Gardens, and went on escorted motor trips. They found overwhelming hospitality wherever they went, and were not slow to acknowledge the fact. "We would Want the whole Pacific Fleet here to handle all the offers of entertainment," observed a lieutenant. Accepting the hint from New Zealand, many people are inviting ratings into their "homes. At the zoo, they took a lively interest in Australia's fauna. One sailor, when asked to sign an autograph, replied, "Excuse me, marm, I've got to take another look at that jumping dawg you grow here," whereafter he disappeared in the direction of the kangaroo enclosure. Official functions yesterday were a luncheon given by the Royal Enjpire Society to Rear-Admiral J. H. Nekton, and a Millions Club luncheon to officers. Rear-Admiral Newton emphasised that the United States had never been more ready, better prepared or more willing to throw all her energies and resources into the defence and preservation of democracy.