FRENCH WAR SLOOP
ARRIVAL AT AUCKLAND (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, This Day. With a new company of officers and men since her visit three years ago, the French war sloop Savorgnan ds Brazza entered the harbour from Noumea this morning, firing a salute of twenty-one guns, which was answered by the battery at North Head. Later she exchanged salutes with H.M.S. Philomel, the flagship of Commodore the Hon. E. Drummond. Official calls were made later by Captain de Fregat L. Robert. To-morrow' he will be the guest of the Government. represented by the Defence Minister, the Hon. F.' Jones, at a luncheon at the Grand Hotel, and the guest of the French Consul, M. Joubert, at the same hotel. The officers and crew, having heard from their comrades of the charms and hospitality of New Zealand, are keenly anticipating the pleasurable visit. The sloop is named after a famous explorer who was born in Italy, but later became a naturalised Frenchman and served in the French Navy, He headed expeditions to explore the Congo territory, and died in 1905.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 May 1936, Page 7
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