CRUISERS IN THE SOUTH

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 8

CRUISERS IN THE SOUTH

CEREMONIALS IN MANY PLACES.

. (II IK.BbIIAPH.-^PRiH jISSOCUi:o».> ':■:. : / :; CHRISTCHURCH, sth May. j ! A. ceremonial parade "of men from the .cruisers, which', was! jto have been. | held ; this. ;: morning; was " abandoned owing to. the. wet,: boisterous weather, much to the : disappointment of big crowds which had braved the< elements and congregated . along the proposed route of march. This morning children from several country schools, numbering nearly 2000, visited the light cruisers. : ■'•'•■ -.-.-■ ' -'■ '■ : ■ ; . „-■ :." OAMARU, sth May. A draft of 150 men and .10 officers 'from the cruiser Dunedin arrived,this morning in.'.perfect weather. They were welcomed at the railway station by the Mayor in the presence of a great number of -citizens, entertained at dinner, and then taken on tours in motors. Captain Ramsay : was the. chief "speaker at the Scott Memorial function in the afternoon. The draft returns to Duuedin ithis evening. . . v / DTJNEDIN, sth May. '. ' H.M.S. Dunediu was visited to-day by 460 country school children. A. party of 120 officers and men spent the day at Oamaru. returning by a special train in the evening. . . INVERCARGItL. sth May. -, •■ i 'H.M.S. Dauntless arrived at Bluff this afternoon, /• and . the . olficers and men. were accorded a most enthusiastic reception. Official calls occupied the remainder of tha afternoon, and this evening a social function ' was held at Blnff. The Dauntless 'will remain in port till Thursday, and a comprehensive programme of entertainment has been drawn up. .-,.. •:,'■• GORE; This1 Day. Three officera and -115 men. from the Dauntless visited Gore ' to-day.."-, They were welcomed by the Mayor) and entertained by the citizens. Later "they were taken on a tour of thp. country,districts. The men return .to Bluff"-'-this' eyscing, __^,- - - r\ "..-' ..;