Friendly Sentiments

Grey River Argus, 12 August 1925, Page 5

Friendly Sentiments

WELL CONLIcTED MEN. VISITORS BEHAVIOUR AT OU-rr.DiN DUNEDIN, August 11. Most of ihe American sailors on leave seem to be spend.ng their time in walking up ami down iue main streets. The Americans do not seem to care about taxi-nding about, nor are Uiey given to gazing at the shop windows

"A ride on the trams to the suburbs is apparently to lhe taste of the visitors. As to their doings generally, they are behaving themselves, a-nti are giving no trouble to the police, or the shore patrols, and there is absolutely no sign ol any swaggering about lhe streets, or of demanding :. passage through a crowd. The street manners of the Americans are undeniably good, and the Shore Patrolmen, who arc accommodated with a loom at the Police Station, are having a quiet time. This afternoon a civic reception was tendered the Admiral and his officers, while to-night a dance was held in the Early Settlers Hall. Tho U.S.A, entertained 175 men. In addition ail the men were admitted free to “Hullo Dunedin!” a local play staged at lhe Y.M.C.A. AMERICAN SAILORS’ MISTAKE.

DUNEDIN, August 11. Shortly alter coming ashore to dav a squad of American sailor s made :l bee-line for a- door mraked ‘Sa!?oo.’’ Their disgust- on discovering that it was only a barber’s shop was intense. From that out until closing Uwe the barbers wore kept busy ou point duty a’nfig the je-dircocm