SOAKED AND SODDEN.
CHILDREN'S TRIP TO WARSHIP. (Br Tclcerapli.—Preta Association.) Whangarci, Juno 19. The excursion from Whangarci to view tho battle-cruiser at tho Bay of Islands was a most unpleasant one. Over 500 children and guardians left by train for Opua, where tho Tutnnekai and Hincmoa were to ferry them to tho warship. Shortly after leaving Whangarci, heavy rain set iu, and continued with brief intervals the whole day. Owing to bad weather, H.M.S. New Zealand was lato in arriving. There was no shelter for visitors, who were 6oaked through Wore they got on board. The children's train on the return journoy was nearly three hours late in arriving at Whangarci, nnd tho little folks were sodden and chilled.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1781, 20 June 1913, Page 4
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119SOAKED AND SODDEN. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1781, 20 June 1913, Page 4
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