THE SQUADRON
DEPARTURE FROM MELBOURNE ENTHUSIASTIC FAREWELL. Received March 25, 10.45 p.m. MELBOURNE, March 25. Large crowds, including a very heavy sprinkling of ladies of the impressionable age, gathered to farewell the British squadron, which sailed for Hobart this morning. The Admiral’s farewell message thanked the people for their generous hospitality. He added: We leave the magnificent city of Melbourne with profound regret. DISAPPOINTED STOREKEEPERS. Received -March 25, 10.45 p.m. MELBOURNE, March 25. Business people are disappointed at their “fleet week” takings. It is stated that though they made a special display of goods takings were below normal. One offered the explanation: “You see, the sailors had not much money, and the rest of the world was so busy looking at the sailors that they did not spend, even if they had the money. ”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18973, 26 March 1924, Page 5
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