FOUR THOUSAND GUESTS YESTERDAY.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 8

FOUR THOUSAND GUESTS YESTERDAY.

"'Although the Hood..was.not,an "open" ship yesterday, afternoon, yet she was ; busier than on any previous afternoon of her: visit,-:for the invitations issued -by jnefifttersV.of .the crew to their friends . ashoi-e.brought "something.like 4000 guests* on board. A dance was held on quar-ter-deck, music being provided by the ship's orchestra; and songs andhuhiorous .items helped to pass a.happy afternoon.It said: much for 'the quality of the 'entertainment that many guests saw more of_ the stage* "than of the sights of the ship, but even so ttie Hood was very :thoroughjy" inspected.- Afternoon tea was - s^YM.:''4 own below," the mess-rooms k?:SS: specially, decorated, and the'ship's caterers doing things on' a very grand sS a)s, ''indeed; -Of conducted parties there were-very .many, ; for -each member of • the.crew acted as guide and expert adviser on naval matters to those he had invited on board. Ever3'bne enjoyed the afternoon thoroughly.. . ..To-day is another day on board the..flagship, for 27C0 school children) are seeing the sights. Three special trains are the/ Wairarapa children; arid another special has been provided foi'J? a.nn? vn'l:e and Woodville d:etricE' youngsters. Adults who go over the ships enjoy themselves, but enjoyment,is• : a poor term to.apply to 'the feelings of youngsters, particularly^ those from inland districts; ' ■.-.' .Yesterday, as', is reported elsewhere, the. Repulse wonderland was a place of delight to some hundreds of children,'and' again this afternoon the happy arrangements are being repeated. ■* : °