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ADMIRAL MOUNTBATTEN (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 13. Arrangements for the visit to New Zealand early in April of Admiral Lord Louis MountbaUen, supreme commander South-East Asia, and Lady Mountbatten, are to be made by Commander (S.) C. J. Pitts. South African Naval Forces, staff officer of South-East Asia Command, who arrived at Auckland by flying-boat from Sydney yesterday afternoon. Commander Pitts said the details of the visit probably would be announced by the Government after official discussions had taken place. Commander Pitts, who has been attached to Admiral Mountbatten’s staff for two and a half years, was met on arrival by Captain the Hon. D. E. A. Winn, A.D.C., to the Governor-General and is the guest of Their Excellencies Sir Cyril and Lady Newall at Government House. Commander Pitts is to leave by air for Wellington to-day and expects to return to Australia within several days.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21945, 13 February 1946, Page 6
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