ALLIES OF OURS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2812, 1 July 1916, Page 10

ALLIES OF OURS

JAPANESE WARSHIPS IN WELLINGTON

RECEPTIONS TO THE VISITORS

the presence among us of a largo nuiu'an r re P res «itatives of" our Eastern Ally, ; Japan, is causing quite a large amount of •interest in thveifcy. • The inen have come 011 ,the training' ships Iwate and Azuma, two men-o'»\var which have seen active, service, and are built on British pattern. The squadron is under- Eear-Adiiiiral Alatsumura, who took part in engagements in the war Japan waged on Russia. The two vessels are berthed at Clyde Quay harf, and; the purpose of their cruise is the training of youug nu'dship--Tho lwato is an armoured cruiser of 9/50 tons,' and the Azunia is not quite of I" the battle of the Korean ofcraits in 1904 the Iwate was hit by four big shell?, and at the Battle of huslmna' s.ie wns hit on fourteen occasions. However, she is still sound and serviceable. The Aznma, built sixteen years ago, has experienced two bombardmeats, but has had the good fortuno to escape with; o'nJy: one -hit. . •. . foH^I-' 0 " st,uai ' roa are as

'Headquarters.—Rear-Admiral T Matsumura, lqag-Cominaiuler. 'Si' -.Saiioiiii, f la °': & « r ,6.Hyy a. Xoguehi, Flag-Lien - tenant S.- Sato, and Lieutenant . 11'. lakahashi. ' - .

H.I.J.M.S. Iwate.—Captain S. llvaku,take, Commander O. Nagano, LieutenantCominandevs 1. Momonoi, S\ : Matsuzaki, A. fomioka, and B. Omeda, Lieutenants -Hisaaara, S. Shimomura, S. Imaizumi, o. 21'atouno, and S: Iwamura. SubLieutenants J. Kato, T. Jliyazaki. T. iuinta, !>. Hiraoka, J, Nonaka. G. lamada, S. Nakajima, S. Notomi. H. lomeoka and S. Shiozaki, En;;. ComniandeT L'ng. Lieutenants H. Sasaya, Katayama, and S. Tacßibnnu. tng. Sub-Lieutenants S. Koide. A. Mizuno, H. lukuda. Staff-Surgeon S. Onislii Surgeon H. -Uyeda, Assistant-Snrgeon K. Eu-kada, Paymaster M. Uchida, AssistantPaymasters T. Hanaoka and H. Tamomoto.

H.1.J.11.5. Azuina.—Captain H.. lida. Commander S. MorKvaki, LieutenantCommandors,. S. Otani, I. Orita, and N. Katayama, Lieutenants T. T'akahashi, C. Matsumoto, hi Ikushima, J. Onishi T. Yamochi, and F. Ogiima, 'Sub-Lieuten-ants 1. Kobata, K. Yamanaka, J. Souo, K-. Fujiuda, T. Okumoto, IC. Oshima, S. U. JConishi, Z. Boshina, S. Ito, filid R; Ichiniaru, Eng. Commander M. Katsula,, Eng. Lieutenants 11. Ota, S. Yoshidn, and S'. Ilirose,- Eng. Sub-Lieu-tenants M. Inaishi. K. Tsuda, and M. Shimamoto, .Staff-Surgeon I. Seki, Surgeon R. Jlashimo, Assistant-Surgeon S. Hayama, Paymaster K.-Nagamura, As-sistant-Paymasters T. Saito and T. Inui, Lieutenant S. Shinipmura, of the Iwate,, is a brother of Commander Shimomura, who lost his life when H.M.S. Queen Mary went down in the .Tntland battle. ' • .

Yesterday's proceedings in connection with the visit consisted chiefly of official calls. The senior naval officer in port, Paymaster Brown, made the first call, and after that Mr. T. Young (Japtaese Consul) and Brigadier General Sir Alfred i Robin called. In the afternoon, AdmiralMatsuinura called on t'ho Governor,' the ■ Prime Minister, and the Mayor (with . whom were the chairman and members of the Harbour Board). Tho visits wero repaid later, His Excellency making his official call at about ,4 o'clock. 'The Adi"irn.l was rrcompanied on his visits 'by . Captain S. Hyakntake, Captain E. lida, and . Lieut. Noguchi. The Fifth Regiment provided the guard of honour, and ware aocompanicd by the Trentlinm Band • This morning, the visiting "admiral will ibe accorded au>,official reception at the lown .Hall. A programme of entertainment for the visitors has been prepared, and the city intends to make their stay ■ a pJsasant one. At the Wellington Orphans' Club's korero to-night, the Japaneso officers will .ba tno guests of tbe club. ;

Tho .street • between Coilrtenay v Place and tho Opera House wss crowded last evening to witness some of the men from tho Japanese training' ships, mcored at Clyde Quay Wharf, maxch to the Opera House. The mareh music w-as supolfed ftr own -band, which played ex. cellently, and.among other marches-play, od the Japanese National Anthem. 1

WARSHIPS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,

By fhe courtesy of His Excellency, Admiral Matsumura, the steamers Iv.at" and Azuma will bo npen for [.---<blic in" spection oii, Sunday and Monday from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Azuina will be open to ti:e public on Saturday from Ito 1 o clock.in the afternoon.