NAVAL MANOEUVRES BY AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6867, 23 March 1929, Page 7

NAVAL MANOEUVRES BY AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON

GRAND REVIEW POSTPONED. United Press Association—By Elcctri* Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, March 22. The defence authorities, who had arranged a naval spectacle comprising the grand entry of the Australian Fleet into Sydney Harbour, have cancelled the plan, but the spectacle will be staged later in the year when New Zealand vessels will be available, for the occasion. The Australian Fleet is at present carrying out elaborate manoeuvres in Jervis Bay, including a mimic battle at night. Australia’s New Admiral ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OLD PLATYPUS DAYS. Received Friday, 7.15 p.m. LONDON, March 22. Rear-Admiral Mark Kerr, who is going to Australia in August, is described by the Australian press correspondent as a “keen-eyed, dark, slim personality,” who manifested great interest in his new job. Ho spoke enthusiastically concerning his early days when he was on tho Australian and New Zealand stations aboard the gunboat Platypus. “We were fitted out at Sydney and what I saw impressed me that the time was not far distant when real national greatness would be achieved. That has now materialised and I am intensely interested to see tho results of the phenominal advancement which has occurred since my visit. I knew I shall enjoy my work and hope mutual benefit will result.”