VISIT OF CRUISERS
CONCLUDING SOCI AL FUNCTION PLAN FORI VOYAGE HOME (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 26. A ball given by Rear-Admiral R. C. Dalglish and officers on the Canberra to-night brought to a close the long programme of . entertainment in connection with the visit of the Australian naval squadron to Wellington. The cruisers Canberra and Australia are timed to sail at 3.30 p.m. to-morrow for Cook Strait, where they will carry out .strategic exercises in conjunction with the two vessels of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, the Dunedin and the Diomede. At the conclusion of the manoeuvres in Ciook Strait the two Australian cruisers will sail for Jervis Bay at noon and will proceed from there to Sydney, being due there on October 6. On the cruise across the Tasman gunnery and torpedo exercises will be carried out and both vessels will also undergo a full-power trial to see what speed can be attained.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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