NAVAL MANOEUVRES

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1929, Page 6

NAVAL MANOEUVRES

MIMIC WARFARE. N.Z. INVADERS REPULSED. (Australian Press Association.) (Received 3.15 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. During the week-end naval operations wore curried out by the combined Australian and New Zealand squadrons off the Queensland coast. The Australian squadron frustrated an attack by the Dunedin and Diomede, the latter vessels limping into Hcrvey Bay metaphorically licking their wounds. Cruisers, destroyers, submarines, a seaplane-carrier and four seaplanes participated) in the brush. The imagihery battle was the most important exercise of the present cruise. There was complete wireless Silence between the ships, as they were working under war conditions. The battle developed into an exercise in shadowing.

VALUE ESTABLISHED,

PLANS FOR THE, FUTURE

(Australian Press Association.) (Received 10,14 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day.

The mimic battle, waged during the week-end, has established the value of combined exercises by the Australian naval squadron and the New Zealand light cruisers.

, It is reasonably certain that the two squadrons will combine in import, ant manoeuvres each year. Arrangements are already being made for a visit by the Australian ships to the Dominion next year.

H.M.S. Dunedin and Diomede are now anchored at Hervey Bay with the Australian ships and preparations are now being made for exercises on land at Fraser Island.