NAVAL SQUADRON

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18070, 12 May 1924, Page 9

NAVAL SQUADRON

A BRIVAL AT AUCKLAND. 0 ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. : (passu ASSOCIATION telegbak.) AUCKLAND, May 10. (phe TVaitemata this morning was „t altogether the sparkling water that; Winders are so wont to bring to j L" notice of ivisitors to these shores, Si what the visitors were denied was .. up to the residents when the ®V, ia l Service Squadron arrivT here, for out of the, *L V distance emerged the mighty ft of the Hood and the Kele symbolic of the evolution of the British Navy from the mists of BnA ar ly history. Nature was more SUually kind in her affinity with tn -X,. for Auckland's welcome was '"Sb,. burst of sunshine tta.t the Hood's arrival and berth- j the hour of the arrival of the. I the clouds lifted the mist obscured the distant ; nnd as the Hood berthed the sun I**'2 'in hour later the Repulse, by the cruisers Danae, S5 and Adelaide dropped anchor ? £; stream, the other two vessels berthed at Princes wharf, cwtfr afterwards a heaivv shower welbut as the day wore ?the conditions improved until late the afternoon the weather was per^ thousands of spectator*i lined every nfomioefice in the city and every lofty Mldiflg had a quota of sightseers on Hnndreds went down the harbour by it«inaw, to catch a glimpse of tho viators "i "something like seagoing gtHet, A noteworthy' feature of the welcome, afttctildted by the dm of sea And shore whistles, was the procession bf vachta and launches which Admiral field at the civio reception, described is ft very beautiful and inspiring sight. "To sum up, except that Auckland had the Hooa. Repulse and'the four erasers, Auckland's welcome, compared Wth that of the rest of the Dominion,' Was, na Admiral Sir Frederick Jtoid; said in an i interview, fifty-fifty, but H wm not in relation to the wel6om«s hut of the harbours that Ad* itilral/Field told ah elaboration tit the joke afeut one horse to one raupit in a certain comestible. Rear-Admiral Sir Hubert Brand neatly capped his senior's reference to Auckland and Wellington by substituting, in the easo oi'Attekland and Lyttelton, an elephant for'< 4 horia. There was a scene of spontaneous eiithusiaaffl At the Town Hall at the reception to Admirals Field and land their .officers. The Mayor (Mr J.i H. Gunsoh) presided arid Mr Massey and the Hon. 0. J. Parr were ■ presftit. ■ ■ Sir Fraderielc. Field, in repfy, foue7T-, ed"briefly on the question of protectionof trade rtutes,- ns dealt with by hj'fn iflgp&WnfeSftildint&rVieffS at Wellington. ' , ' Sir. Hubert .Brand said that the officers and ttM»>had been greatly impressed bv tk Intense patriotism, loyfltv ahd'cnthttsiMia for the Mother Country port. crowds visit Warships. / OFF. .< - ■ - i ir vV' i (msa issoctAtiOH maaaiu.) 4 , ' AUCKLAND, May 'll. i / Nearly, sis thousand children from ■ the. f city ( -and country schools visited H.3t ships Hood and Repulse yesterday afternoon, ' sixteen hundred being -brought by train from be- . Wi&n Cambridge and Whang&maritto. Tfo H6od and Repulse were opened to tke publte this afternoon, being throng* : dl,throughout the period. "Half 'an* hour after the Hoad was -6j«hed, ihe was fulkand the wharf 'gaUa were dosed, leaving thousands oiiteiaft. The pressure of the crowd > brtkfeS in-the gates, several wbriieu ffti&tijte ,and some wing rather badly crushed, having to be removed in amnulaiseei and motors. Extra notice , Were' the'i bt&iight in td 'regulate tfifr. th& ship. IMQUB NAVAL OCCASION, LORD IBLIICOE ON HOOD. \

r S | ( (telOUii M "tttß 'fIUM/') \i h ' AtFCKLANI>, May 10. i representative of the "New ZeaUrid u Aefßld".who Journeyed from wel- , littgtok to AuekTahd on fI.M.S. Hood, . Bt&ta thfit dinner on' the voyage, at- Lord Jellicoe was the guest of fctittoUr, a funotioh ; to which tie of- • fleets Md been looLng forward fever |iit& their many of tfiem »md tuider him in the, Grand Fleet taring the war, and two or three, inCommander Gooljften, were. on we.ljon Duke, was a memorable naval occwion. was welcomed with JMMQMi&finl that had a quality that the eoie property of the fWHifltty. They weiGomed.hifn as a ot his Majesty, as their PJ&pwiraly and as a Sailor, back, for ?M>l»flteentß to the sea. What WflS one a glimpse of the spirit ottuenavy and proclaimed the presence £fsS ; .Wtf. trusted and loved, but what said was just as eloquent, worship him," whisper- • Sr , att ' l ffi6er and the people of New t ' ho are 815 1( ?"> 10 l ° se bim, ,f Kijti ß - appreciate and under- , , .ftat sentiment. The Hood was a ' ~? c l, because the Admiral who ffuardian of Britain through taedays of dire peril was on board. _jf~, Mcellency received a roar of apP«use when he said that he felt 20 ' jX, r ! S 0 «»R» since he had been on > i . Hood and th at he felt like gnteenng to take first watch after