CRUISER ARRIVED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21940, 14 November 1936, Page 12

CRUISER ARRIVED

MM3. ACHILLES fl[ LYTTELTON' WK FORMAL CALLS PArall 'The light cruiser Achilles anl| |HH Lyttelton yesterday morning l9H| Wellington, and berthed at nuadflß| wharf. Her arrival was a small group of relatives and of members of the ship’s The tug met the Achilles in thelHß harbour, but neither tug nor pOafSH As the cruiser backed towasAiflH wharf there was a sharp a tb<n cotton line, fired from an dgHI ary service rifle by a member crew of the sloop Wellington. ;i3|H| right across the big ship and swH to haul ashore the first '.iftnH| ship’s lines. The vessel was made test, and the gangways nBK in position. Official Calls "/HB Official calls on Captain L CLfllßra nle were made at 8.30 am. chairman of the Lyttelton Board (Mr W. K. McAlpinelfHH| Mayor of Lyttelton (Mr F. E. and the Mayor of ChristctaurdljMS J. W. Beanland). They were aeeß| panied by the harbourmaster (Cmß J. F. Crawford), the engineer t»X board (Mr P. W. Fryer), the affijUß| town clerk of Lyttelton (Mr R. flj|H den), and the Town Clerk of Qmß. church (Mr J. S. Neville). Mr RHB pine placed the facilities of - at the disposal of the Achilles deSK. her stay in Lyttelton. /IBP Later '.in the morning; eheht Mtt': members of the Navy League 'ImHK - the ship, by special' invitation. 'W’fSf. Soon after the arrival of the ACME 1 , les. the Walrus amphibian aeng|fiS|' was lowered into the by dK special crane carried on bonp4"<aH after taxi-ing to the outer hazhSK left for Wigram aerodrome itffllHp . In the afternoon the ship '*ef JWK; to visitors and several' holiday-makers inspected the vcwHl The ship will be open to the paklK again this afternoon: from 2 pm pjn., and also to-morrow aflttaiMpf The Bailway Department will ns «L;. tra trains to-morrow afternoon. awm large crowd of visitors front dnp church is expected. I ■