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Hokitika Guardian, 25 March 1927, Page 1

H..M.S. NEW ZEALAND. CLLUOLS STORY TOLD BY NAVAL OFFICER. Thu February issue of "The Navy the journal of the Navy League, eontains a report of a lecture given by Lieutenant-Commander Babin. R.N.. at the Technical Institute at Eastbourne. The lecturer told a curious story about his own ship, llie New Zealand. Before the war she was visited by a. Maori chief, who prophesied that she would be in action in a year or twos time, and would be iu lour actions —the only ship to be in every action in the North Sea. Bill the crew were not to worry, as no harm would come. The Maori chief asked permission to go to the masthead, and there he put his iautograph. Oh returning to the deck, he said he would show the loin - places where the siiip would be hit, but said there 'would not be a single casualty. Me gave the ship a necklace of green jade stone, which the ciiptain was to wear in action, and a. straw-plaited apron to wear around his waist. These things remained in the ship. At the Battle of Jutland the skipper was persuaded to wear the apron. Ihe ship went through the battle, and was the onlv one in the Navy in every single action in the North Sea. She was hit in only four places, as predicted by the Vjiori chief, and she did not have a single casualty.

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