JAPANESE CRUISERS.
VISITING NEW ZEALAND. TOKIO, Feb. 12. A training squadron consisting of the cruisers Asama and Yakumo, under Rear-Admiral Kanesaburo Nakamura, with 180 cadets, will sail from Yokosuka on February 20, going via. Hong Kong and Singapore, and will arrive at Fremantle oil April 13, going thence to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. It will sail from Sydney on May 9, call at Wellington on May 16, Auckland on May 24, and return via Suva, Apia, Honolulu and the mandated territories. The Yakumo’s officers include the Empress’s brother, LieutenantCommander Prince Asaakira Kuni. The cadets include the Chief of the Navy Staff’s son, Prince Hiroliide Fuahiini, also Prince Tada.hiko Asaka.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 65, 13 February 1935, Page 7
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