WARSHIP AT NEW PLYMOUTH.
attd Anchored 'lit :Th^ weather was beautiful, and'^iere^ wej-o ' 2 ; ;,000 to sco her. Six tfnion €0. and-.-Northern Co. vessels, besides 'tho Tu-" tanekai, encircled the vessel, but non. 3 tendered-her. Tho smaller craft, however, took.a:large number aboard.' Captain Halsey and the officers were i Accorded Awelcoma on landing by tho-i loc^al 'Mayor, and. afterwards Captain- i Halsey delivered a speech on the lines •of previous ones. Later he was enter- I tamed to luncheon and shown some of tho Jjoauty and historfcrtl spots of tho .tO.w-n.. -:.--.■■■■,• . .
Al!,.anangements wero caniod- out without" a hitch.- TJie crowd' was a record one for Taranaki, and the wa«"sliip; • officer's expresse.l their' suriDfisn': and delight with the beauty of tho View pf ,:tho_town froni the sjilp, and with. j-h^>' attraQtiveue&s of; the^ town gene-r----/M'i'v Jh-'f.,port also surprised them. U>ey;.Jiartfi K Jjad; JjttW-idea of the extent of the. improvements cai'ried our. After .-a brilliant, searchlight displa--, tho vei33?l left '£6v' Russell" ; • ■ • '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12884, 18 June 1913, Page 8
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