VISIT OF ADMIRAL MOUNTBATTEN
OFFICER ARRIVES TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
(P.A.) AUCKLAND. Februarv 12. Arrangements for the visit to New Zealand' early in April of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander. South-east Asia, and Lady Mountbatten, are to be made by Commander (S) C. J. Pitts, of the South African naval forces, a staff officer of the South-east Asia Command, who arrived at Auckland by flying-boat from Sydney this afternoon. Commander Pitts said details of the visit would probably be announced by the Government after official discussions had taken place. Commander Pitts, who has been at-, tached to Admiral Mountbatten’s staff for two and a half years, was met on arrival bv Captain the Hon. D. E. A. Winn. A.D.C. to the Governor-General, and is the guest of their Excellencies Sir Cyril and Lady Newall at Government House. Commander Pitts is to leave by air for Wellington to-morrow morning, and expects to return to Australia in a few days.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24799, 13 February 1946, Page 6
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