H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 4

H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

AT NEW PLYMOUTH,

The Herald reports as follows: — ■ When the day broke so beautifully . fine it was thought a goodly crowd of 'the men would be granted leave to '. cojne' ashore, but the captain could ■ -^resee' the westerly wind that had sprung up, would increase towards ; afternoon and gave instructions that : no men were to leave the ship at all. .Quite a number of f them had prepared [ ttoi.disemb.ark and were* only checked in "the ixct of dpirig^ so £y orders., / Only a few favored ones with the made the trip at all. The men aboard whose leave was due were keenly disappointed, as they were looking for- V ward to spending' a pleasant time on slipre. It was not too rough to land, but the captain feared for the return journey.

As the large trains containing the hundreds of school-children, together .with,tseir teachers ami committeemen, ari'iv.eci ..at tha, terminus at the Freezing Works, the beys and girls were lined up and marched to their allotted places to the west of the breakwater towards Mikotahi. When it was seen thafe, the-battleship was fast approaching, the first batch were marched on to the wharf and soon filled the Government steamer Tutanekai to the* rails. Punctually at 8.30 the steamer •cast loose >^nd>.steamed, fay put beyond the Dresidiibught. ■ To the "disappoint- \ flient of the children aboard, the signals told that it -was unsafe to attempt t^.conif, alongside, and so the vessel, had: to be' content to" steam round'"it, close /range... Soon :the, Tayjuni, f oljow|d_ ,• but. iieiv. fate wa., ,: : tlie'-,;s.aine-^-only . ■the small oiL launc^s^&g^^.^boats-.: could effect a l*n<3ffimßß^%:%^ ' : : ( tlre ::couvse -; :^^fflßKpiaptam:-Hal^ey-.said . t^apll|rafe^rfeGtlv well that jf there men avould;-h^ve; liked to|*«|. lanG^'inj it land was manned by-:a Plymouth'crews' •theji':depo%JMtis at Piyjnoutfc andf Speaking personally, Plymouth;, though ■ not his bii-th-p]ace 3 was yet his home. One of the last people he met when he left fPlymouth was Mr Spender,"' IM headmaster of the school, and he said, :VT-he're is a place ia'Newt Zealand called New Plymouth. If you go there, will you" try and see a flag which the school ehilJdren o£ .Plymouth Exchanged for one sent.tcj them by the,children < of. New Plymouth?" Captaiii Salsey continued that ,he Jiad Jiad the pleasjire df meeting -the headmaster "of the ' CAniral ,gckool Vv:: anfl he-hoped-tOt see alsb" the flag, so x that he'could "take a message home to the children of Plymouth. Owing to the, Tutanekai not tendering the warship, the Taranaki Veterans were unable to board her. This was a great disappointment to them, as it was also to the. committee, who, "had they known in time, would have made other arrangements tor getting them aboard/ .« (M_ satisfactory vt^iture of the pro?ceec]ln\gs. was the entire absence of accident in any form. Considering that there was the largest crowd ever assembled in xaranalu, tnis is something to be grateful tOr.-. ■'-,;;. , j.^Kji£ estiuiatod "lliat close on 20 000 people visited Motiu-oa yesterday Th© railway traffic r 2 turn s for the day ag,Sl^ated cl l se.^on.,l(hoOOjpas S enger S , in10,00^ victors came ' v er'.'"ghr^ks'... pony, motor car, and other vettT<&s irom all parts of the districb. 1,/ W lo ASr fwlH 1; 611" room ' by the .W.C.T.U., was requisitioned . close, .pt the day tliere were two Children ■uuciainied <,ne from, Ri6re--ambthe-. odier.from r Eltliam. lOne1One a « played with. re at^re^nd the/bther bm^ied^ willt, a I local ; member of the W:e.T.f: > -^-*- tO, necoV n nt school was repi-fsented 1>? te. n scholars and-sixteen cooimitte'e•itieti]■■"•.■ ''•.■ ■ ■ ■ ■'-:"." ■ .'. ■. .■~ •.. :•■ -t^..--^. '■-<■ . -. . ■ ■<_ v -..