THE WARSHIPS.
DDE IN -WELLINGTON TO-DAY, . . A telegram - from ifrltolton ! states' that! H.M.S. of the Austfala-: sian Squadron. (Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes),. accompanied by the' warships Prometheus, Pioneer, Pegasus/• and Pyramus, left, tlioro I for Wellington -at- 2 : p.m. yesterday.—They should arrive ih' port oiiHy.'"this' morning. These, with already in pprt, make up a fleet of, six ironclads that will be in tho ;hartipur..at the. same time?—a factor that should tend to make the' bay ,awl the quay unusually .lively for the next few days. It iif understood" that tho Squadron wiil remain ;iu Wellington until-the end of tho month, when tho flagship will leave for Sydney, to>bpvformally handed over to tho now admiral,. Sir. Richard Poore, now 011 his way out from England.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 7
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