ARRIVING TO-MORROW

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12196, 22 July 1925, Page 7

ARRIVING TO-MORROW

AMERICAN FLEET WELCOMED MESSAGE FROM ADMIRAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received July 21, 8.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 21.Admiral R. E. Coontz, in a message to the Australian people from on board the Seattle, says that the whole fleet keenly anticipates its visit, and already, 'before the landing, innumerable messages of welcome have been received. Seaplanes will proceed 200 miles to sea to-welcome the fleet, which is due to enter the heads at 10.15 on Thursday morning. FIRST WELCOME ~Y~ESTERDAY By Telegraph.—Press Assn, —Copyright. (Received July 21, 8.30 P.m.) MELBOURNE, July 21. At 8.30 to-day Flight-Lieutenants Mclntyre and Hempel circled over the American fleet, 120 miles off the coast of New South Wales. A message from the fleet states : “An Australian seaplane this morning circled above the fleet in rain and mist. Sorrv we ibere unable to send up a ’plane to meet him, but we did not expect him owing to the etate of the weather.” Admiral Coontz. in a conversation, referred to the smoothness of the trip from Honolulu, and said that during the 1908 trip, 16 men went overheard., of whom eight were rescued. On .-this trip only three fell overboard, and all were picked up. The loss of a man overboard from a warship at sea is often inexplicable. Sometimes there is a broken lifeline to give a clue to the cause, but more often it remains one of the undeciphered mysteries of the sea.