NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1864, 25 September 1913, Page 7

NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

FIGHTING SHIPS ORDERED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, September 24. Tho Admiralty Board announces its intention to send a detachment of the First Fleet, consisting of four battleships of tho First Battle Squadron tho Third Cruiser Squadron, tho First Light Cruiser Squadron, and the Third Flotilla, under tho command of \ iceAdmiral Sir Stanley Colviile, to cruise in tho Mediterranean early in November, returning for Christmas. ..... Tho Fourth Battle Squadorn will join the detachmont at Gibraltar, and after manoeuvres tlie combined fleet will proceed on a cruise as far as Alexandria, visiting various ports en route. _ Thereafter tho Third Flotilla, which consists of- sixteon modern destroyers, will remain ill tlie Mediterranean, and the destroyers now there will return homo. OVERSEA NAVY SHIPS. H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND IN CHILE. Valparaiso; September 23. Tho British instructors to tho Chilian Navy have entertained the New Zealand's officers at a reception. A banquet followed on board the warshij), the guests including the Chilian, Ministers and Admirals. ■ . Melbourne, September 24. Senator Millen, Federal Defence Minister, has received a cablegram from tho Hon. James-Alien, New Zealand Minister for Defence, offering congratulations and l good' wishes on tho arrival of the flagship Australia. ' (Reo. September 25, 0.10 a.m.) Sydney, September 24. _ In view of. tho "Fleet Week'' festivities, the Government lias abandoned tho Bill for the amalgamation of tho savings banks.