BOUQUET HOISTED ABOARD
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AUCKLAND, Jan. 2. • More than §0;;ffii-iicees and; bfides of ITnited Stutd»| (ih|l'""r(|an,adiah. seryieemen Were amobg/fhe passengerhCn/he Po'rt LinC niotof 'ship : "Port Hobart.i which left Auckland today for London^ via Norfolk, Virginia. Befths were|; provided for them and for about 20 j other travellers to America at the re-li quest of the United States Consulatel and the Port Ilobart 's programme w| I amended to provide for a diversian 1, 1 the Virginian port. An additional % passengers will travel to London in y s'lip. / ti A warm summer 's dav, bright drek. Hw and gay streamers made a eolourful sail- 1 ing. Several hundred people gatheredi on the wliarf to bid the vessel farewell] and were given a last minute exeitement when a man raced down the wharf with a large bouquel of flowers as the | ship was moving elear of her berth. { While he was making up his mind | whether he would chance the 15 foot;j throw, a rope cast by" a seaman from the Port Hobart fell at his feet dnd the bouquet was lioisted aboard. h
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 4
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