UNITED STATES FLEET.
PASSES TUTUILA. '(ur TELEGRAPH—PIIESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRf'JHT.) Sydney, August L , . .Router's have received a 1 further wireless message from the American • Fleet as follows;— "At 8 p.m. on August 1 the fleet was 1500 miles from Auckland. At 7- o'clock in the morning it puss-ed the eastern end of: Tutuila (one of the Samoan islands,' belonging to tho United States), steaming along tho coast in single column, olose inslioro, and giving the inhabitants a-splendid view. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the fleet headed direct for Auckland,' cruising o formation of line of squadron being resumed. ""
"The speed was .reduced to 9£ knots, in order to avoid arrival at Auckland before August 9. The hospital ship Relief stopped at Pago-Pago (Tutuila) to coal, and will foi-
low tho fleet to Auckland. The weather is fine, but hot." ...
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 2631, 5 August 1908, Page 7
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138UNITED STATES FLEET. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 2631, 5 August 1908, Page 7
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