NEW SLOOP FOR N.Z.
SAFE ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY. (U.P.A. hy Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received May 2, 9.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 2. The new sloop. H.M.S. Wellington, on her maiden voyage to the New Zealand station, to replace the Laburnum, arrived completely unheralded in Sydney to-day. She called here to refuel. Her officers and ratings are delighted on arrival at a large c-ity where they could obtain news, get a real meal and have a look, at the theatres and stadiums. The sloop, which is of 1300 tons, left England on February 5. making only short stops in the Mediterranean and at the Near East ports.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12543, 3 May 1935, Page 5
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