AMERICAN CRUISER FLEET.
TOUR IN THE PACIFIC. (DT TII|KQRA|"B—JTEE6S ASSOCIATION.) ' : ' Auckland, September 28. An American oruiser squadron, numbering seven armoured cruisers and as iriany torpedo bpat-dostroyers, left San Franqisqo on August 2/5 for Honolulu. When tho land was well bphind, the cruisers took the torpedo boats in tow at tho end of toil-inch hawsers and five-inch steel cables. In this position they will remain, with the oxcoption of wlion entering arid leaving ' Honolulu and PagoPPgo, until the cruise of -thousands of miles ia ended. The fleet will stay a week at Honolulu, a woo]c at Pagopagq, find return to Honojuju on Ootobor 7, and leave the same day for San . Diego. At'Magdalena R«y: thq.; fleet will have targot practice-for the entire month of November, and return to San FrfW.pisQQ on December i. Samoan papers state arrangements have bpen made for entertainments in connection with tho visit to' Apia of two armoured cruisers and two torpedo boat-destroyers. The vessels will romain a.t Apia for two 4ays.'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 314, 29 September 1908, Page 4
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