DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
ARRIVAL AT BALBOA MESSAGE FROM H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA iOnHed Pre»» Axstjclstion—By Eleot r, « Telpqraph-*(Jopy right) (Received sth March, 10.30 a.m.) BALBOA, 4th March. , A message from H.M.A.S. Australia states: "We arrived at Balboa with 100 per. cent, fuel reserves. We are taking sufficient fuel to take us to Jamaica, where we will fill up. The dislocation of the schedule due to the Seth Parker brought no dire dietary results. True, \ve have had no eggs or fruit since midFebruary, but there has been ample tinned fruit. It is sufficient to- say that the choice roast beef and roast pork at last night’s dinner showed how well tlie commissariat husbanded the ship’s resources. “The Duke of Gloucester in the morning (lew in a United States amphibian to Gatlin lock, where lie re-embarked.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 5 March 1935, Page 5
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