PICTON AS A FLEET BASE.
CAPTAIN IIiLSEY LIKES IT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Picton, Juno 10. "New Zealand Day" ill Picton was celebrated in beautiful weather.'Largo crowds same down from Blenheim by train, and launches brought many Sounds residents. The warship anchored just outsido Mabel Island, having arrived from Nelson at 8.30. ' The Mayors of Picton and Blenheim and tho chairmen of tho local bodies paid an official visit to the ship,, after which Captain,Halsey and a party of officers landed. .They were met at .tho head of the wharf by:a party of Maoris .under Chiefs Eore and Love, who danced liakas of welcome and in. whose,behalf an address was jicsontel to Captain Halsey. After tho captain had replied he returned tho official visit at tho Council Chambers.
Tho nest function was the presentation to Captain Halsey'of an enlarged framed photograph of the Cook Memorial at Ship Cove, unveiled last February. In tho aftprnoon the members of the ship's crew, were entertained at sports, while hockey, football, and rifle matches also took place between local teams and teams from the warship. On tho occasion of the return of tho official call paid by Captain Halsey, several speakers shaped their speeches in tho direction of drawing an expression of opinion from Captain Halsey re the advantages of Picton Harbour as a naval bane. Captain Halsey replied, expressing his own views, but not purporting to represent the Admiralty. From a naval officer's standpoint it was really the finest harbour in New Zealand. Queen Charlotte Sound had peculiar advantages, being a landlocked place wherein, at f-ny time of the year, ships could lie with safety. He was entirely in favour- of Picton as a naval base, and it was a most suitable place from a strategic point cf view, for the harbour entrance could bo ro easily defended. Ho concluded that, in years to come, he hoped to see Picton « iiavnl base. Captain Halsey reiterated these statements when acknowledging a presentation by tho Cook Memorial Committee. ,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19130611.2.42
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1773, 11 June 1913, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
332PICTON AS A FLEET BASE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1773, 11 June 1913, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in