CRUISE AMONG ISLANDS
SLOOP WELLINGTON SUVA FOR CORONATION (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. On her annual winter cruise .among the islands of the Pacific, the Imperial sloop, 11.M.5. Wellington, commanded by Commander LoristonClarke, will leave Auckland to-mor-row for Suva. The sloop will be absent from Auckland for three months. Her early departure is due to the fact that it is desired that she should remain at Suva for the Coronation celebrations, in addition to her usual patrol duties in the 'Pacific. 11.M.5. Wellington is to take a party of scientists to Canton Island in the Phoenix Group to observe the solar eclipse.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19315, 4 May 1937, Page 12
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