NAVAL TIME

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 732, 3 August 1929, Page 6

NAVAL TIME

PUZZLE FOR “AT HOME” GUESTS TOURVILLE MEN FETED The fact that the Navy expresses time in a different manner from the ordinary way has caused some bewilderment in connection with the “At Home” invitations issued by the visiting French cruiser, Tourville. The invitations can be quite wc!! understood till the phrase “from 15 to 17 hours 30 minutes” is reached. Thi3 baffles all who are not in the know, and as a result the French Con sulate has been besieged with inquiries from perplexed guests as to the meaning of the expression. This time expressed in the every-day manner reads “from 3to 5.30 p.m.” The “At Home” will be on Tuesday afternoon next. Shortly after that, at 6 p.m., the Tourville will sail for Wellington, her departure from Auckland having been put forward from Wednesday, as she has to arrive in the capital in time for the vice-regal reception at Government House. The men continue to make the most of the fetes in their honour, although the rain this morning put a damper on the afterKoon’s prospects. Private visitors shown over the vessel this morning included members of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, the Auckland University College Council, and the Professors of the University and their wives. The chief attraction this afternoon was the Soccer match bet\4teen the Tourville’s eleven and H.M.S. Diomede's team at Blandford Park. This evening six officers will be the guests of Miss Gulliver at the Click Clack Cabaret. There will also be a dinner on the Tourville for 40 men from H.M.S. Diomede. A party of men will be the guests of the management of the Picturedrome at Milford. CHURCH PARADE TOMORROW At 9 o’clock tomorrow morning the officers and men of the Tourville will be present at a church parade at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral. Bishop Cleary will preside, and Father Gondringer, of the Mount Albert Presbytery, will preach in French. Tomorrow will also he taken up with various motor excursions round the City. Captain J. M. C. Abrial, commander of the Tourville, and the party of officers which left yesterday on a visit to Rotorua, will return to Auckland. It is estimated that 3;000 visited the Tourville at the public inspection yesterday afternoon. The vessel will be open to the public at the same hours tomorrow afternoon, and if the weather clears up several thousands more will visit the vessel. This evening two basketball teams from the cruiser will play a match at the Y.M.C.A.