THE SQUADRON

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 11

THE SQUADRON

TO THE EDITOK.

Sir,—At the civic reception accorded the Fleet,-. Sir Frederick, Field facetiously referred to the weather prospects, and certainly the conditions obtaining this past week—the; worst spell >.c haye had "for. manya day—have beenmost disheartening, both ■to our' visitors and to those of us who were so wholeheartedly prepared to give them a royal time had the circumstances permitted., Il is especially aggravating to think that bad the Fleet arrived at any time for months past right up to after ■ Easter they would ha-ve enjoyed practically per-, petual sunshine, and freedom from.1 winds, and our esteemed visitors would have carried away with them far pleas■anter recollections: of'their, visit-to our shores than they are now likely to do. I have: often -wondered why these visits are-timed'to arrive here in winter inj stead of in summer, when everything |" would be so much pleasanter and enjoyable. The same thing, so far as the time is concerned, happened when the KPrince of Wales reached New Zealand, but he was lucky enough to meet with' fairly fine weather during ' hia stay. There may be some weighty reason for. timing these visits so, late- in the year ' perhaps someone can tell us why;—l am,