THE AMERICAN FLEET.
BY TEMiGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, August 17. The American Fleet passed Cape M'»ria at 4.45 a.m. on Sunday. The wind was a light north-easter and the weather clear and fine. AUCKLAND, August 17. In all, fourteen casss of desertion from thu battleships were reported to the Auckland police. Eleven have been accounted for,' and the other three are supposed to be "lying low." It has been estimate.! that the men of the American fleet alone spent at least £20,000 during their stay in Auckland.
"EVENTFUL AN A HISTORIC." AUCKLAND, August 17. . The Government and Parliamentary Party left Auckland to-night for Wellington by the through express, expecting to arrive at Wellington tomorrow night about six o'clock. Sir Joseph Ward stated that the visit would be long remembered by all New Zealanders who had taken it, and it was, he said, "eventful and historical."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9169, 18 August 1908, Page 5
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