MASTERLY MANOEUVRING.
. The big ship, rolling ever so lightly to the harbour swell as she took it oh her beam, passed in through the breakwaters and commenced to swing in the inner harbour. The tug took a strain on the lope us tho bow swung round to starboard. Splenelidly handled, and with her swift-turning screws churning the water into a muddy swirl, the New Zealand began to turn ever so slowly at first, and then with increased speed. Her bow seemed to bo right on top of the western breakwater, but as a matter of fact it was well clear. As she swung round into line with tho wharf it seemed as though her stern could not clear tho end of the jetties, but there, was room and a little to spare. The space between Nos. 3 and 4 jetties looked very small, and it appeared as if tbo warship must become wedged between them. Her towering grey bulk dominated the port; everything looked puny and small in contrast. The Pyramus was completely dwarfed by her big sister. Every eye in Lyttelton wasV centred on the New Zealand as she turned in the harbour, and showed that after all it was not too small to accommodate her.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14665, 14 May 1913, Page 9
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