SEEING THE SHIP.
A BUSY AFTERNOON
As sho lay at the wharf through the forenoon the New Zealand presented a great sombre grey bulk flecked with fleeting glimpses of blue, as her men moved about tho decks, gazed at by many hundreds of people from across the bisecting barrier running down the middle of the wharf. From 2 to 5 p.m. she was thrown open to the public, and at once becamo a mass of colour and animation as thousands swarmed aboard, and the bright colours worn by tho ladies were shown up by the grey setting. ■ From 2 o'clock onwards a steady stream flowed up the gangway. The broad decks became busy thoroughfares, while the alley-ways below wero thronged. Tho members of the crew on duty were most attentivo to their visitors, directing and explaining everywhere, and somo of them piloting the - parties around, delivering lecturettes as they went. " '''
The arrangements for dealing with the crowd were good, everything passed smoothly and cnjoyably. Last night the wharves near the warship's berth were thronged, hut they .were not allowed on board. The blaze of electric lights on the New Zealand, and the Imperial Crown, cleverly carried out in hundreds of coloured electric lights suspended between the masts, were objects of interest.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14665, 14 May 1913, Page 9
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211SEEING THE SHIP. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14665, 14 May 1913, Page 9
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