QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S BIRTHDAY.
H.M.S. PYRAMUS: FIRES SALUl__;^|§
Yesterday being the anniversary of the If birthday of Queen Alexandra, ,__..M.S. r -'|| Pyramus dressed.ship in .honour of the *-:|| occasion. only merchant ship in -J| port which followed suit was tho New ;f| Zealand Shipping Company- ateamersM Rimutaka lying at tho next .wharLilll Punctually at noon the Pyramus fired a|||f salute of 21 guns, tlie ship hauling out _sm clear of tho jetty, as, owing to the:low'S|rrS tide, her guns wero below tbo level-of"£f|| the wharf. A number of tho squads of.u*ll "specials" paraded on the waterfrdn.'jjSp and stood to attention while : tho-'_alut»i|p was being fired. Those on Nor 3 gave three ringing cheers at tho <»_*-SfM elusion of the ceremony. '"^v-'-t_r^|P
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14838, 2 December 1913, Page 6
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119QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S BIRTHDAY. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14838, 2 December 1913, Page 6
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