AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 30 April 1913, Page 5

AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.

••& i «■■■/■ r>'-v: U VS?if •■;.■ \ p'a.r^iya;fe'dfXthe",fetelesTiipt^e^^^^ ViMd -; to+d.^v *' SJqfng'.": i-b'efo ro.\ >*K6'j jCt<JEuaH ; W^:^r^she v rj^|^w^i>^ittte':'^^ an3-small, ir-s6t>oitt t%6 ifinetet?";He'^dpimv: tKoV-cKanneL'■ There wasr'& lavish display of .bunting in town, many business shops beiri^ decorated for the occasion. 'Thfi shops' in front were also decorated 'wi^'.'flags/^vA^ye^sg^^i^^h^if^ilp'lid^V-t . ,Avas ■ bbsefyed <r * ■ The;: ciiy" cjjOsrded \ '.-^ih^ |«f^rinbon t",: QOita: '!&?%i^t^eM Vpf^&nchVs :■ •a«4l'%achtgiA arid esqw^d.•.her.-to her anchorage",* the harbour rb,eini:, alive,, with snijaH. craft. Members ■of the Overseas . Qlub and .of the Navy ..League .went out to meet Her in ferry.-bca.ts, while a. largo number ,of other sightseers availed themselves of the same means of obtaining «in early _ view of the vessel. After, • the ..battleship <>.ame to ;anchor .dio - .was;, :,bpaidod,: by about. 20 members rof ,the , Jlpyst\, -?? Aiy rine'As.jSGcistiqn.:• 06 Aucklancl. weftMnir-.mecLals and decorations,.;: They/ivere among'the first to .give* .the ship ra^welconie, .«n]Sl;' Captain Halsey-replied appreciating tn©. .action. v.-::.;;v-::^.vA, r^v;^-",^o ■ . Captain HhTgey; ,%nd . Qom,nj ; and.er kcoompa'nied^'by otjifir then landed and* were welcomed . by ,'iho- •^utHorities^■'*^TKb!^cM■fl iiman of the Harbour JJoard^ voiced th 6 gladness ;of the city -at ''^ welcbhiiirvg";'- -the battleship. Oaptain:::; HTalsiey.replica '-■thanking' them' on belialf of ibbe; ship. A civic reception was then sicdorded the vi.^itoi;fe at" the' Town Hall by the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr), and Coahcil•ldrsi -the Prime Minister arid' the. ;Hon. H. D. 801 l being also present.""Tuo streets were lifted with spectators,'yjid as the officers drove through tWoy wore heartily cheered all the way, the totf of enthusiasm being very'niarki'd im» all sides.

The'streets were crowded with people, again to-night. Many public buildings, including the Town Hall,; Harbour Board offices, and Ferry Building, J are brilliantly illuminated, the effect being .striking. A long list of functions tendered both to officers and tho men await them during the twelve days' stay in the port, including.a citizens' ball to be tendered to the officers ion Thursday night. . .