OAMAIIU VISIT ABANDONED.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13737, 31 May 1913, Page 7

OAMAIIU VISIT ABANDONED.

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Oamaru, May 30. Although fine otherwise, a strong westerly-driven sea prevented tho New Zealand anchoring. * About ton o'clock the Mayor received a wireless message via tho Bluff stating that the sea was too rough, but that the battleship "would stand off for a wibilo to see if it moderated.

There is keen disappointment, especially on the part of a largo number of young people- who wero nob permitted to see the vessel at Lyttelton.

It was the intention of the Mayor and Councillors to ' entertain Captain Halsey at luncheon, and during the afternoon tho captain wa.g to unveil a memorial tablet to tho Antarctic heroes at tbe Waitaki High School. .

Mr. Wilson, the Government representative, received a message from Captain .Halsey to the effect that the sea was too rough for the Tutanekai and Hinemoa to take- tho children round tho warship.

In order to lessen the disappointment Mr Wilson offered, on behalf of the Government, to contribute towards the cost of entertaining the children at a picnic in the city gardens. The New Zealand has proceeded south.