NEW ZEALAND NAVY
AWAITING DUKE’S ARRIVAL. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 22. The cruisers Dunedin and Diomede returned from Melbourne, via southern ports to-day. Both warships will remain at Auckland until December 12, when, accompanied by the Leith and joined later by tlie Laburnum, they will leave for Wellington to provide a Royal escort for the Duke of Gloucester on his arrival in H.M.A.S. Australia.
The New Zealand warships will meet the Australia off the coast and all five ships will carry out an exercise before they enter port. The Dunedin and Diomede will be at Wellington from December 15 to 2d, and will return to Auckland on December 22. Only the Diomede will make a summer cruise to New Zealand ports after Christmas. Her itinerary will be: Gisborne, February 7 to 13; Wellington, February 14 to 21; Nelson, February 22 to 28; New Plymouth, March 1 to 5; Pieton, March 6 to 8; Wellington, March 8 to 9; return to Auckland, March 11.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 23 November 1934, Page 2
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