AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18625, 25 February 1926, Page 13

AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

I 3QUADHON IN N. 3. ILsHirSATLYTTELTON. fraL Tfarshif's of the Australian fffifwiH irn\c on a visit to New raL,i this wc°k. Tlic Sydney, which ■LT fags'iiil'. under Commodore WarK^wei'" l Daneilin y pstcr<la y> «i««l fc*,le!si' le f» 1(J Del,li will ftirivo at IfLi'lon tin's morning. On Sunday KmLjbpj l will leave for Wellington Utte other tuo ships will leave Lyt£L tlic foUo;y'mg clay. Tlie three JUL «ill arrive in. Wellington on TuesUTaast and a J' ltlo ' ,con ' je given WL* effecrs D F 10 Government on Mist following. The fleet will leave Sgjbgton on Saturday, March 6th, en f&L« for Auckland, but will exercise lifts flauraki Gulf with the New Zca|l& #arship , s, arriving at Auckland ||r«jieb 17fh, aud leaving there for ffLfldia on March 2-1. An invitation HfebfWl eiiended to tho Commodore »*9K*y of officers and men to visit while the ships arc at, Auck-ffiEkCi-S- R) ( 1 11P 7 > s tho cruiser so |i|!iartirn as the destroyer of the §||§j§ Einden', at tho begini|jj|j!||Uhe var. She is of the same ||§||jl|'flie Melbourne and Brisbane, fSw built in 1912. Her displacetons, and h6r complement and men. She carries eight §EhF one. 3in anti-aircraft gun, isSsSmn&crs, two M.G., and eight and two 21in torpedo tubes. to the British Dublin class, jjj.A.ls*. Adelaide was built at the Codltttflo Yard, in Sydney, in {O, sad cost £1,271,782. Her dissap&tat is Coo'O tons, and her comipp 430 officers and men. She j»j<S--lrine 6in guns, one 3in aircraft fll'fpiu* 3-pounders, two M.G., and jSbJLcwJ'S guns, and two torpedo JJLA.S. Delhi was built at Elswiek iy the firm °f Armstrong, and com\Ms.. in June, 1922. She belongs to gpSS ,is class, and has a displacement tipp! tons. Her complement is 462 Wfjlm anrf men. Her guns include six 4in anti-aircraft guns, four (jjnonders, two M.G., eight Lewis toltt, and twelve 21in torpedo tubes. §he has » speed of 29 knots, burning oil fa«l onlv.

LOCAL PROGRAMME. Cliristchurch programme for tlie of 65 officers and 800 'jjiflf the Adelaide and Delhi will pH To-day, \ fawn—Civic reception in the City tjiieil Chambers. afjj&'in.—Luncheon for tho officers at p|§ityne'», as guests of the Citizens' Milttee, < 3jj,in.~- T ea for petty officers and men Hall, members of the Navy charge. ■> Iym,—Daneo for petty officers and Hall, Navy League in Friday. SJLvJIM^- —Tramway excursion to over tho city for j *Mwffrom the Wigram Aerodrome. j;JP>.m.—Tea for petty-officers and m at Jellieoe Hall, members of the poria League and British and For§iv Sailors' Society in charge. This |l be followed by a dance at 7.30 ni. &30 p.m.—-Dance for officers in Dixic■sd, as guests of the League. \' ' I; Saturday. \\ p.iii,—Tramway excursion to New jHgnton for potty officers and men. sp.ru.~*Afc home for'members of tho attainment Committee on board j&A.S. Adelaide. fjS.p.m.—Tea for petty officers and* iho Masonic Hall, as guests of jour Lights Girls' Club, m. —Social evening in Jellicoo potty officers and men,, as I tho Harbour Lights Girls' -Smoko concert for officers as Mho Officers' Club. Sunday, nday tho men will be enter>y tho Y.M.C.A., and in the will be shown roun,d tho city. ; they will bo given* tea. in the Hall, and the evening will be with an address, community and lantern slides at the rooms. Tho Y.M.C.A. will mge for parties of men to be. to privato homes for tea on ovcrnment cars will bo put at osal of the 6ffieers, and the have the usual tram and train , There will bo a lata train ilton each night, leaving Christit IL3O. An extra late train <f for Lyttelton at 1 o 'clock on ' morning, üblic v,iil be admitted to the I Jellicoe and Masonic Halls.

, Skips will leave Lyttelton on £l.

Wm& to private homes* H&Y&.C-A. lias been asked to arHOor the sailors in the ships of fipMKdiau Navy, arriving iu port be entertained at the homes HH ¥ *t | S citizens during the weekdesirous of asking sailors wpfe. their residences arc requested ffiggSffiaifata with the Cltvistchurch ta order that such visits BjfJMVAL AT DUNEDIN. 18 *? 4»3OCttTJO)I TBUQfcMiS.) ■Kf*-"'- February 24. famous Ausfcraliau Warship fyfaey, arrived at Punedin H|^^ k tyfay on her first visit to HH|f'sNwi, in company with the which proceeded Mp>tffltt4fon. had a line run across the MiftjKfffo *«m Hobnrt, a following .Wperkmced till the fleet Strait, whero a WBBjffi!?£ '^ a ? encountered. fflggpwwHwe T, E. Wardle, in coiuBKtgfl.?T Australian Kaw, is ■SlffS.Ly 3 *'*' which win ' stav Wow taking her do"H&' ellmgton to join the S||^i^ < wa« for a visit to the 7J combined roanoeue*v Zealand Division and Diomede, will stay in Auckland, on ffIBPSPifH It tftflir practices, the to Sydney. Md*officers were Chairman of Presidents of