JAPANESE FLEET AT HONG KONG.
VISIT OF ADMIRAL KATO.
TWENTY-ONE VESSELS IN PORT.
iPress Association.—Copyright.) 4* (Received 12.9 p.m.) Hong Kong, April 9. British naval planes escorted the first battle cruiser squadron and the first destroyer flotilla of the Japanese Navy, 21 ships in all, into harbour this morning, on the occasion of the visit of Admiral Kato. This is the largest aggregation of the Japanese fleet ever to visit a British port. It includes three 34,000 battle cruisers. The fleet will stay here a week, duiing which time an elaborate programme of entertainment will be carried out.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2560, 10 April 1928, Page 5
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