VISIT OF THE FLEET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16425, 8 May 1924, Page 9

VISIT OF THE FLEET.

DUNEDIN AND DAUNTLESS. LEAVING FOR AUCKLAND. (Fer Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. H.M.S. Duinediu leaves ait 7 a,.m. tomorrow for Auckland. She will be joined outside the Hoads by the. Dauntless, which leaves Bluff this afternoon. Over eight hundred children, all members of tbe Navy League, visited the Dunedin to-day. 'Last night an invita,tkm daince was held aboard, over two hundred guests attending. The Mayor, Mr. Tapley, will leave by the Dunedin for Auckland as the. guest of Captain Hon. Ramsay. H.M.S. REPULSE. EMBARIvATIOX ARRANGEMENTS. PROPOSALS APPROVED. In reply to a wireless message sent subsequent to the meeting this morning, the Mayor, Mr. Geo. Wildish. has received the following radio from the Commander of H.M.S. Repulse : "Lighters as suggested would be suitable ; ship can supply gangways; cannot have: more than 3COO children and adults aboard at one time; soccer team unable land ; must be clearly understood that, these arrangements' entirely depend upon smooth, sea." Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Field, K.C.8., C.M.G., is in command of the battle cruiser section. His flag is flown from the H.M.S. Hood. Rear-Admiral, tho Hon. Sir Herbert Brand, K.0.M.G., K.C.V.0., C. 8., who commands the light-cruiser squadrom, flies his flag on the H.M.S. Delhi.